“It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with it, but when you walk away, that's not you.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldBelieveHardPlayWalksPerfectFantasyIdealsFantasy WorldsRetouching Author:Gemma Ward
“I don't know if I should say this, but I feel more like a singer than an artist.” IfsKnowsFeelsShouldArtistSingers Author:Jessie Ware
“I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't.” IfsThinkingShouldGovernmentReligiousActivityWorshipOrganizationGood WorkDoing GoodCongregationProselytizing Author:Jim Wallis
“You don't have to meditate. You don't have to practice self-discovery and Buddhism. You should only practice self-discovery if you really have had it with the human world.” IfsWorldInspirationalShouldHumansSelfPracticeBuddhismDiscoverySelf Discovery Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you seek the realms of light, the best thing to do is to meditate with love and the gentle aliveness. Meditation should not be forced.” IfsShouldLightMeditationBuddhismBest ThingsGentleRealmsThings To Do Author:Frederick Lenz
“The mystical kundalini energy has some, I don't know if you'd call them limitations, but there are certain operational factors which you should understand about it.” IfsKnowsShouldCertainEnergyBuddhismFactorsLimitationMystical Author:Frederick Lenz
“It has long been a tradition among novel writers that a book must end by everybody getting just what they wanted, or if the conventional happy ending was impossible, then it must be a tragedy in which one or both should die. In real life very few of us get what we want, our tragedies don't kill us, but we go on living them year after year, carrying them with us like a scar on an old wound.” IfsWantShouldWritingYearsLongBookRealEndsWantedDiesNovelImpossibleGoes OnTraditionTragedyWoundsReal LifeScarConventionalHappy EndingsOld Wounds Author:Willa Cather
“If you're going to be a writer you should sit down and write in the morning, and keep it up all day, every day. Charles Bukowski, no matter how drunk he got the night before or no matter how hungover he was, the next morning he was at his typewriter. Every morning. Holidays, too. He'd have a bottle of whiskey with him to wake up with, and that's what he believed. That's the way you became a writer: by writing. When you weren't writing, you weren't a writer.” IfsWayShouldWritingMatterNightNextMorningWake UpDown AndDrunkHolidayBottlesEvery MorningWhiskeyTypewriters Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“If CEOs insist that middle class Americans compete with cheap foreign labor, why not outsource the jobs of CEOs? If business is all about cost, they should be the first to volunteer.” IfsShouldFirstsJobsClassMiddleCostLaborMiddle ClassWhy NotVolunteerCeo Author:Lou Dobbs
“Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This will be equivalent to vanquishing all foes. Where would I possibly find enough leather With which to cover the surface of the earth? But (wearing) leather just on the soles of my shoes Is equivalent to covering the earth with it. Likewise it is not possible for me To restrain the external course of things; But should I restrain this mind of mine What would be the need to restrain all else?” IfsNeedsShouldMindEnoughWould BeEarthCoursesSpaceMinesOvercomingShoesSurfaceBuddhistShould IUnlimitedFoeCoveringLeatherUnruly Author:Shantideva
“We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.” IfsShouldMightChristianHumilityJudgingChristian InspirationalJustifySparesHumiliation Author:Vance Havner
“How much suffering and fear, and How many harmful things are in existence? If all arises from clinging to the "I", What should I do with this great demon?” IfsShouldSufferingExistenceEgoAriseDemonShould IClinging Author:Shantideva
“If God suffers in the flesh when He is made man, should we not rejoice when we suffer, for we have God to share our sufferings? This shared suffering confers the kingdom on us. For he spoke truly who said, 'If we suffer with Him, then we shall also be glorified with Him' (Rom. 8:17).” IfsMenShouldMadeSaidChristianSufferingShareFleshKingdomsSpokesOrthodoxRejoiceOrthodox Christian Author:Maximus the Confessor
“I didn't know if I should put my faith in God or Satan. Was there really a difference at the end of the day, when we were all going to be dead souls anyway?” IfsKnowsShouldSoulEndsDifferencesSatanThe End Of The DayFaith In God Author:Jess C Scott
“As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.” IfsShouldPoliticalAbilityLevelsPowerfulAudienceEconomyMediaFieldsSourceInternetShould HaveInnovationCustomersCorporationsEnginesDiscourseSmall BusinessPlaying FieldsForumsBloggersPolitical DiscourseLevel Playing Field Author:Al Franken
“But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?” IfsShouldFilmSnooping Author:Mike Leigh
“If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I've got a problem, I should take their advice. And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn't take their advice.” IfsShouldTwoProblemBigsCertainAdviceDoctorsPaidClimateCoalSnacks Author:Al Franken
“We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.” IfsKnowsShouldReadingWonderfulExerciseTreated Author:Walter Dean Myers
“If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor.” IfsShouldTryingProjectsChecksEach DayContractor Author:Robert Metcalfe
“If you invent the Mini Cooper, pour all your energy and passion into it and it gets made, you should be on a roll. In the film industry you have to start again the next day.” IfsShouldMadeFilmPassionNextEnergyIndustryNext DayFilm Industry Author:Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
“If you ask the question of Americans, should we pay our bills? One hundred percent would say yes. There's a significant misunderstanding on the debt ceiling. People think it's authorizing new spending. The debt ceiling doesn't authorize new spending; it allows us to pay obligations already incurred.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldAsksPayPercentHundredBillsDebtSpendingSignificantObligationMisunderstandingCeilingsGlass CeilingDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“I think that before you take on nation building in your mind's eye as to how it should be, you'd better have a clear understanding if this is doable and will work.” IfsThinkingShouldMindEyeNationsUnderstandingClearBuildingBe YouNation Building Author:Anthony Zinni