All Quotes

If the death of Osama Bin Laden brings any peace to those who lost loved ones on that awful day in September 2001, that is a great thing. It is more likely, however, just a painful reminder of what was lost.
‐‐ Henry Rollins

If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased in a far greater degree by the increased opulence of the commercial classes.
‐‐ David Ricardo

If the Democrats want to insult women by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it.
‐‐ Mike Huckabee

If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.
‐‐ Hugh Prather

If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
‐‐ Douglas Horton

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.
‐‐ Julie Andrews

If the discussion centres on the essential principle of the E.U., the free movement of people and the ability to make decisions together, in that case, we don't want treaty change.
‐‐ Francois Hollande

If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.
‐‐ Rene Magritte

If the E.U. allows itself to be priced out of the world economy, the next generation will not get jobs, living standards will decline, and the Union will lose the popular consent of the people of Europe.
‐‐ George Osborne

If the Eagles were to get back together, it would have to be for the right reasons. I think it would look awful if it were just for the money.
‐‐ Glenn Frey

If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off.
‐‐ Norman Ralph Augustine

If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization.
‐‐ Bill Nye

If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster.
‐‐ Susan George

If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways.
‐‐ Evan Osnos

If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker.
‐‐ Jamie Dimon

If the economy is still going forward, even at 40 miles an hour, 50 miles an hour, I think most people will stick with President Obama. I think people look at politics like they hire a plumber. I hire you to fix the bad pipe. If you fix it, I'll rehire you. If you don't fix it, I'm not going to rehire you.
‐‐ Dick Gephardt

If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.
‐‐ Mark Dayton

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.
‐‐ Samuel Richardson

If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.
‐‐ Maynard James Keenan

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.
‐‐ Alexander Smith

If the elites listened, they would understand why French young people like me are joining our ranks.
‐‐ Marion Marechal-Le Pen

If the employees fundamentally trust the C.E.O., then communications will be vastly more efficient than if they don't. Telling things as they are is a critical part of building this trust.
‐‐ Ben Horowitz

If the end brings me out right, what people said about me won't make any difference, and if the end brings me out wrong, 10 angels saying I was right won't make any difference.
‐‐ Janet Reno

If the end does not justify the means - what can?
‐‐ Edward Abbey

If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism.
‐‐ Douglas Rushkoff

If the ends don't justify the means, what does?
‐‐ Saul Alinsky

If the enemy could only know that Marcus Garvey is but a John the Baptist in the wilderness, that a greater and more dangerous Marcus Garvey is yet to appear, the Garvey with whom you will have to reckon for the injustice of the present generation.
‐‐ Marcus Garvey

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.
‐‐ Doug Larson

If the entire team can feel the same way about these things, you can consistently remain a winner.
‐‐ Jim Otto

If the EPA cannot or will not act to halt the toxic e-waste trade to developing nations, then Congress should take action.
‐‐ Gene Green

If the EPA continues unabated, jobs will be shipped to China and India as energy costs skyrocket. Most of the media attention has focused on the EPA's efforts to regulate climate-change emissions, but that is just the beginning.
‐‐ Fred Upton

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.
‐‐ John Bruton

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.
‐‐ Mario Monti

If the euro fails, Europe fails.
‐‐ Angela Merkel

If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme movements increasing across the European Union. And, frankly, questions about the British debate on EU membership will just be a small sideshow compared to the rise of political populism.
‐‐ Nick Clegg

If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula.
‐‐ Pat Buchanan

If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that.
‐‐ Jon Stewart

If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated.
‐‐ Caryl Chessman

If the expansion of a global legal regime for communication technologies gains traction, the effects to the global economy as well as our individual liberties will be severe.
‐‐ Marsha Blackburn

If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that.
‐‐ John Polkinghorne

If the experimental physicist has already done a great deal of work in this field, nevertheless the theoretical physicist has still hardly begun to evaluate the experimental material which may lead him to conclusions about the structure of the atom.
‐‐ Johannes Stark

If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
‐‐ Isaac Newton

If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.
‐‐ David Douglass

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
‐‐ Albert Einstein

If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave.
‐‐ Paul Gascoigne

If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
‐‐ Shakira

If the FBI is now in charge of bad taste, we're all doomed.
‐‐ Jerry Della Femina

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.
‐‐ Ronald Reagan

If the federal government won't secure the border, the State of Arizona will step in to complement federal efforts in a constitutional manner and protect the security of its citizens.
‐‐ Jan Brewer

If the Federal Reserve pursues a strong dollar at home while the dollar becomes more competitive in global markets, we can achieve both price stability and a more balanced path of economic growth.
‐‐ Martin Feldstein