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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. – Henry David Thoreau
If a man watches three football games in a row he should be declared legally dead. – Erma Bombeck
If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness? – Stanislaw Lec, "Unkempt Thoughts"
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. – Sir Francis Bacon
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has. – Confucius
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has. – Confucius, The Confucian Analects
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane. – Robert Green Ingersoll
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own. – Johann von Goethe
If a man's judgement be impaired, let him study philosophy – Lot Chakonza
If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure. – Buddha
If a man's shadow is brighter than himself, than that man becomes the shadow itself! – Mehmet Murat ildan
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. – Francis Bacon
If a million people say a foolish thing, is it still a foolish thing. – Anatole France
If a million people see my movie, I hope they see a million different movies. – Quentin Tarantino, Referring to the movie Pulp Fiction
If a nation is ruled by two kings, both the kings and their subjects will perish. – Yeghishe
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will Lose its freedom and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that, too. – W. Somerset Maugham
If a person commit a crime against you, have not the right to forgive him; but the law must punish him in order to prevent a repetition of that same crime by others, as the pain of the individual is unimportant beside the general welfare of the people. – Abdul Baha, Paris Talks, p. 154
If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity. – Donald H. Rumsfeld, on Iraqi Resistance Fighters
If a person offend you and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures. Simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. – Mark Twain, "Advice to Youth" Speech, 1882
If a pessimist is always right, is he a realist? – Unknown
If a pig could give his mind to anything, he would not be a pig. – Charles Dickens
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? – George Carlin
If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. – Shimon Peres
If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact- not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. – Shimon Peres

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