Ifs And Quotes

• Yeah, well, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then we’d never go hungry. (Syn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Nuts, Hungry, Yeah

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Fire”, p.218, Macmillan

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• If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands

  Charles Kingsley

  Humorous, Hands, Pot

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• It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world.

  Darren Shan

  Perfect, What If, World

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  Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.

  Amy Winehouse

  Thinking, Doe, Sitting

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• House Republicans want to pass a strong border security, illegal immigration bill. We want a bill. There is no ifs, ands or buts about it.

  John Boehner

  Strong, House, Immigration

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. June 22, 2006.

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• Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts.

  Norm Coleman

  Change, Retirement, Security Systems

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• I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.

  Maria Shriver

  Thinking, Wish, Tough

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• Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and will save your soul, if-and mark well what I say-if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.

  Louis de Montfort

  Christian, Religious, Prayer

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• And trust dies from ifs and buts

  Aidan Chambers

  Dies, Ifs

  Aidan Chambers (2012). “Dying to Know You”, p.126, Random House

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• The sentence 'snow is white' is true if, and only if, snow is white.

  Alfred Tarski

  White, Snow, Sentences

  Alfred Tarski (1986). “Alfred Tarski, Collected Papers: 1935-1944”, Birkhauser

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• Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.

  Duane Michals

  Trust, Ignorance, Voice

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• The ifs and buts of history...form an insubstantial if intoxicating diet.

  Vikram

  Form, Diets, Ifs

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• The greatest thing that can happen to the state of Queensland and the nation of Australia would be if and when we get rid of the media. Then we would live in peace and tranquility - but no one would know anything!.

  Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen

  Media, Australia, Would Be

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• One should not as a rule reveal one's secrets, since one does not know if and when one may need them again. The essential English leadership secret does not depend on particular intelligence. Rather, it depends on a remarkably stupid thick-headedness. The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.

  Joseph Goebbels

  Lying, Stupid, Risk

  "Die Zeit ohne Beispiel". Book by Joseph Goebbels, pp. 364-369, 1941.

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• There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them.

  Ayn Rand

  Helping Others, People, Worthy

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.89, Penguin

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• I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians. I’ll work with Martians. If — and the if is critical — they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt.

  Ted Cruz

  Cutting, Debt, Libertarian

  "David Axelrod defends Obama's handling of economy; Ted Cruz pulls Texas-sized upset". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. August 05, 2012.

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• Gay people - generally speaking - have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come out, if and when we feel that we can.

  Rachel Maddow

  Responsibility, Gay, People

  "Rachel Maddow: Closeted Gay Anchors ‘Have A Responsibility To Come Out’", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2011.

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• Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I'll feel right at home.

  Charles Sheffield

  Running, Home, Thinking

  Charles Sheffield (1992). “Brother to Dragons”

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• Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it.

  Bikram Choudhury

  Beautiful, Appreciate, Giving

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• Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and go to pieces if and when a challenge confronts them that they fail to meet.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Believe, Civilization, Challenges

  Arnold J. Toynbee (1949). “Civilization on Trial”

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• No man should tell a lie unless he is shrewd enough to recognize the time for renouncing it, if and when it comes, and knows how to renounce it gracefully.

  Rex Stout

  Lying, Men, Enough

  Rex Stout (2010). “Before Midnight”, p.137, Bantam

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• If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.

  David O. Selznick

  Opposites, Married, Ifs

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• We need to imagine a world in which every woman is the presiding genius of her own body. In such a world women will truly create new life, bringing forth not only children if and as we choose but the visions, and the thinking, necessary to sustain, console and alter human existence-a new relationship to the universe. Sexuality, politics, intelligence, power, motherhood, work, community, intimacy will develop new meanings; thinking itself will be transformed. This is where we have to begin.

  Adrienne Rich

  Children, New Relationship, Motherhood

  Adrienne Rich (1976). “Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution”

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• The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

  Kerri Walsh

  Children, Giving, Advice

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• Innovative people have always been in high demand. Help those around you to develop that “never-say-die” attitude by developing it yourself. Make a decision, today, to outlaw complaining, whining and negative thinking in your own personality. And, a word of caution: if and when you are criticized for being so positive or as some call it, “unrealistic,” you will know you are on the right track.

  Bob Proctor

  Attitude, Thinking, People

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Dec 07, 2011

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