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“The first thing I do when I come home is check the refrigerator for cats because I'm convinced that if one dies, my husband will hide it in there because I don't cook and so I won't see it. I do drink Cokes, though ,so technically he should hide the corpse in the oven. And now I need to start checking the oven.”

Ifs Needs Should Firsts Home Dies Drink Husband Cat Convinced Checks Cooks My Husband Coming Home Corpses Coke Refrigerators Ovens

Author:Jenny Lawson

“If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.”

Ifs Should States Fighting Force Nations United United States Gone Middle Iraq Canada United Nations Neighbour Multinationals Muddle

Author:Peter MacKay

“I don't speak Spanish. I've done Spanish 1 and 2 classes. My grandma asked me when I was young if I wanted to learn Spanish, and I guess I was young. I should have, because it would have helped me a lot.”

Ifs Should Done Wanted Young Speak Class Should Have Grandma My Grandma

Author:Scotty McCreery

“Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm the right person, and I should know if I want to do a movie.”

Ifs Knows Want Should Persons Reading Right Person

Author:Jodie Foster

“As far as expense, I think if 'Twilight' does well enough, then we should be able to do the big expensive stuff for the sequels. I mean, we have to have werewolves, there's no way around it. They have to be there.”

Ifs Thinking Way Should Wells Mean Doe Enough Bigs Able Stuff Expensive Expenses Twilight Werewolf Sequels

Author:Stephenie Meyer

“In society, we have these unspoken rules of conduct, these 'shoulds.' Even though we pride ourselves on being a democracy, there are all these ways we say you 'should' behave. But what if you're living your life by the 'shoulds' and you're not really living your life?”

Ifs Way Should Democracy Pride Behave What If Live Your Life Unspoken Really Living Unspoken Rules

Author:Chris Noth

“People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Should Doe Artist Next Particular Band Like Something

Author:Conor Oberst

“If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know?”

People Ifs Knows Should Joy Actors Grateful Entertaining Be Grateful Bringing Joy

Author:Ellen Pompeo

“If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.”

Ifs Knows Want Needs Should Facts Political Views Cutting Republican Taxes Benefits Crisis Wealthy Health Benefits

Author:John Podhoretz

“If this prinicpal thinks blogging isn't educational, he needs his head examined: he should be seeking out every student blogger in the school and giving them special time to blog more - and giving them extra credit besides.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Giving Should School Funny Special Students Seeking Educational Credit Extras Thoughtful Blogs Blogging Bloggers Special Times

Author:Cory Doctorow

“If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'what's the party going on right now that I should be going to?”

People Ifs Should Kind Different Real Problem Running Party Right Now Workers Bunch Hanging Out Early 20s

Author:Aaron Levie

“Didn't Lionel Richie just make a country album? No one is giving him a hard time... and God bless him - I love Lionel and should be able to do what he wants to do, like Madonna should, too. Both are having success and I applaud them. If you don't like it, don't buy it. The ageism criticism is getting old.”

Ifs Want Giving Should Country Hard Able Criticism Albums Hard Times Bless Getting Old God Bless Ageism

Author:Guy Oseary

“If pro-abortionists want to commit intellectual suicide and deny scientific facts, that's their problem. But there's no reason a civilized society should fund their anti-scientific outlook - or accept its inhumane consequences.”

Ifs Want Should Reason Facts Problem Accepting Intellectual Consequence Suicide Deny Commit No Reason Fund Civilized Outlook Civilized Society Scientific Facts Inhumane

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“If you're a citizen of the State of New York, your kid has as much a right as another kid to an education, and the best education. The money should be distributed equally to all.”

Ifs Should States Kids New York Citizens Best Education

Author:Carl Paladino

“I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to.”

Ifs Thinking Way Should Mean Done Should Have

Author:Patti Page

“But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.”

People Ifs Way Should States United United States Protect Rejects Jurisdiction Legality

Book:An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

Source: An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

“If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?”

Ifs World Should Products India Sells Farmers

Author:Sharad Pawar

“My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.”

Ifs Knows Should Character Body Would Be Moving Careers Shapes Concerned Athlete Looking Good Getting In Shape

Author:Aidan Quinn

“If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it.”

Ifs Should Body Excited Your Body Scare

Author:Amy Ryan

“The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper diction and come off as educated that it's not black and that it's actually anti-black and should be considered only something that white people would do.”

People Ifs Should Ideas Speak Black White Talking Grew Grew Up Educated Diction

Author:Chance the Rapper

“I don't put any rules to my style; I think fashion is something that you should play with... even if you make a mistake, it's okay, it's only fashion.”

Ifs Thinking Should Play Mistake Fashion Style Okay

Author:Anja Rubik

“If any difference should be made by law between husband and wife, reason, justice and humanity, if their voices were heard, would dictate that it should be in her favor.”

Ifs Should Made Reason Law Humanity Voice Differences Justice Wife Heard Husband Favors Husband And Wife Husband Wife

Book:Mistress of herself: speeches and letters of Ernestine L. Rose, early women's rights leader

Source: Mistress of herself: speeches and letters of Ernestine L. Rose, early women's rights leader

“If you have doubts about someone, lay on a couple of jokes. If he doesn't find anything funny, your radar should be screaming. Then I would say be patient with people who are negative, because they're really having a hard time.”

People Ifs Should Hard Doubt Couple Jokes Negative Lays Patient Hard Times Be Patient Radar Having A Hard Time

Author:Michael J. Fox

“My vision is that our country should be integrated in the EU, to transfer a part of our independence there. It is also our duty to do it, if we want to establish trade and a sound economy. This is the vision that I am working on and I will continue to work in the future.”

Ifs Want Should Country Sound Vision Economy Duty Independence Trade Our Country Transfers Integrated

Author:Ibrahim Rugova

“I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.”

Ifs Thinking Should Said Ends Would Be Reading Reader Be Good Enjoyable Dense Masochistic

Author:Josh Radnor

“If you see how a plant grows and you taste it in situ you have a perfect example of how it should taste on the plate.”

Ifs Should Grows Perfect Example Taste Plant Plates

Author:Rene Redzepi

“If you wait for customers to tell you that you need to do something, you're too late. Good business leaders should be half a step ahead of what customers want, i.e. they don't actually quite know they want it. That's what innovation's about. With Plan A, we didn't wait for the consumers to tell us.”

Ifs Knows Want Needs Should Waiting Half Leader Steps Plans Late Innovation Customers Consumers Too Late Business Leaders Good Business

Author:Stuart Rose

“People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy making something that you can sell in the marketplace, and if nobody wants to buy it, it must be crap. And that's not true.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Should Art Self Sells Busy Suspects Crap Marketplace Self Indulgent

Author:Dana Spiotta

“The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.”

Ifs Thinking Want Should Ideas Able Pay Willing Higher Pay The Price Grids

Author:Dana Spiotta

“To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.”

Ifs Should Shows Journey Entertaining

Author:Anna Sui

“But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.”

Ifs Thinking World Should Believe Littles States United United States Capable Agree Around The World Regimes If You Believe

Author:Brent Scowcroft

“People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate, whether a Republican or a Democrat, they should be able to do so.”

People Ifs Want Should Able Republican Democrat Campaigns Candidates

Author:Brian Sandoval

“Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture.”

Ifs Men Should Suffering Culture Animal Towns Killing Satisfied Killing Each Other

Author:Compay Segundo

“I think Prince should open up a little more to other artists. Just because we love Prince. Especially the old stuff - we love him to death. But if he opened up he would be something to deal with. Imagine Kanye West producing a Prince track? It would be banoodles!”

Ifs Thinking Should Littles Would Be Artist Stuff Deals Imagine West Track Old Stuff

Author:Jamie Foxx

“If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention.”

Ifs Want Should Goal Greater Progress Achieve Constitution Conventions Fairness Elementals Constitutional Convention

Author:Larry Sabato

“Bitcoin is not an actual physical coin, and if computers are shut down, you can't buy or sell them. That's why nothing will ever replace gold and silver coins themselves, and all investors should have them at home or in a safe deposit box.”

Ifs Should Home Safe Computer Gold Should Have Sells Boxes Silver Investors Coins Bitcoin Deposits Gold And Silver Flipping A Coin

Author:Mark Skousen

“If you suspect someone is draining you, generally you should not confront them, but be nice, relax them, and then see what they are doing.”

Ifs Should Nice Relax Suspects Being Nice Draining

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I believe that I possess this value: to serve Jesus. I am less at peace than if my goal would be to attain a professorship and a good life, but I live. And that gives me the tremendous feeling of happiness, as if one would hear music. One feels uprooted, because one asks, what lies ahead, what decisions should I make-but more alive, happier than those anchored in life. To drift with released anchor.”

Ifs Giving Feels Should Believe Feelings Would Be Lying Values Asks Jesus I Believe Goal Decision Christianity Alive Give Me Good Life Should I Anchors Professorship

Author:Albert Schweitzer

“Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."”

“Diet is a matter of personal preference, but if you're interested in the advanced states of meditation, eating mammals should be avoided. They have a more evolved consciousness and can affect your attention field greatly.”

Ifs Should Matter States Attention Consciousness Meditation Fields Health Buddhism Eating Diets Preference Avoided Athletics Mammals Personal Preferences

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.”

Ifs Should Made Spirit Purpose Poor Design Guides Resolution Committees

Book:Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted

Source: Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted

“So we do have our exits and our entrances and we are perhaps mere, but I think if one keep a certain joyousness in life which should be in playing, then good for one, but it's slightly more serious than that.”

Ifs Thinking Should Certain Serious Mere Exit Entrances

Author:Janet Suzman

“If you think about movies that are adapted from books, they never feel like enough. There's always too much cut out in the end. You either make a five hour movie or you leave out stuff that should be in there.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Should Book Ends Enough Stuff Hours Five Too Much Cutting Adapted

Author:Jeremy Sisto

“Kids should feel afraid of 'Doctor Who.' All the adults I've talked to remember fondly being afraid when they were kids. That's part of the reason they remember it and love it. And if you're afraid in a controlled way, you sort of appreciate fear in some respect.”

Ifs Way Feels Should Reason Kids Remember Adults Appreciate Doctors And Love Controlled Doctor Who Being Afraid

Author:Matt Smith

“You have to keep your audience in your mind; if you're writing stuff that you know nobody's going to care about then you should rethink what you're doing!”

Ifs Knows Should Writing Mind Care Stuff Audience

Author:Paullina Simons

“Jesuits make a vow of obedience to the Pope. But if the Pope is a Jesuit, perhaps he has to make a vow of obedience to the General of the Jesuits! I don’t know how to resolve this … I feel a Jesuit in my spirituality; in the spirituality of the Exercises, the spirituality deep in my heart.”

Ifs Feels Should Heart Stills Spirituality Term My Heart Should Have Superiors Pope Vow Jesuit

Author:Pope Francis

“'Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance.”

People Ifs Should Fun Footloose Fun Movie

Author:Miles Teller

“If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.”

Ifs Way Should Looks Different Song Rooms Talking Pieces Information Design Paper Unique Should Have Eight Bars Kicks Formulas Architect Blank Initials

Author:Ryan Tedder

“To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering.”

Ifs Should Ideas Facts Suffering Wish Forever Our Lives Source Eternal Unhappy Obligation Unbearable Eternal Life Live Forever

Author:Claude Vorilhon

“If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.”

Ifs Should Certain Plans Television Vote Structure Strikes Contracts Participation Rationality Right To Vote Health Plan

Author:Dick Wolf