Quotes by What If The question is being asked, 'Are we alone?' And though we now focus on that question we need to think beyond that to what if we're not alone? Then what becomes the next imperative question? Terence McKenna what-iffocusthinking Nobody is smarter than you are. And what if they are? What good is their understanding doing you? Terence McKenna what-ifsmartunderstanding But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important. Terry Goodkind ifs-andwhat-ifimportant What if my trousers are shabby and worn, they cover a warm hearth. Thomas Lansing Masson wornwhat-iffashion What if we have more of the rough file, if we have less rust! Afflictions carry away nothing but the dross of sin. Thomas Watson rustwhat-ifchristian When I announced I had cancer on stage, it was my brain leaping to that insane moment of, "There's no way I could start a show saying, 'Hi, I have cancer!'" And also for me to have these scars, and then think, "Oh my gosh, what if I did stand-up and not even acknowledge that my shirt was off, or that I have scars. Tig Notaro cancerwhat-ifthinking If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don't follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are. Tim Ferriss what-ifdefiningopposites Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" happened? That's how you start. Tom Clancy happenedwhat-ifnovel I'm usually nervous to meet people that I admire because what if they're not cool or something? Tom Cruise nervouswhat-ifpeople Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question.) Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" happened? That's how you start. Tom Clancy ifs-andwhat-iftwo If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when? Tom Peters what-ifexcellenceifs With my records, it's just a matter of trying to create something fresh for myself in a very finite context, which is the pop song. I don't know anything about the people who buy my records, and what, if anything, they get out of them. Tom Verlaine what-ifsongpeople You might say what if I screw up? Then screw up big! Go for it! Do a big screw-up! Tony Robbins what-ifscrew-upsmight When I see that little white ball go up, I want to catch it, no matter what. If I have to knock myself silly doing it, so be it. Torii Hunter what-ifwhitesilly In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little bit too far, and who says you have to stop there, and whats behind the next door. Maybe you gain a wisdom from examining those things. But after a while, you get too far down in the quicksand. Trent Reznor what-ifdarkdoors When you see someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself, "What if you were wrong? How would you want someone to engage with you?" Trevor Noah what-ifbelievepeople I could never kill myself. What if it doesn't work. Then I'll have failed at the only thing that could save me from my failures. Where do you go from there? Tucker Max save-mewhat-ififs The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means. Ursula K. Le Guin what-ifendsmean It is exciting and emancipating to believe we are one of nature's latest experiments, but what if the experiment is unsuccessful? V. S. Pritchett what-ifunsuccessfulbelieve If you see cattle as a source of organic manure, animal energy, as well as milk products, then Indian cattle are not inferior. It is only when you measure them as milk machines that they become inferior. What if we measured the dairy cows of America or Jersey or the Swiss Alps in terms of their work functions? They would be terribly inferior. Vandana Shiva what-ifanimalamerica«1617181920212223242526»
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