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And trust dies from ifs and buts
What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life?
You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough
The sentence 'snow is white' is true if, and only if, snow is white.
I'm not a what-if and could-have person. I'm happy with my decisions.
It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world.
The ifs and buts of history...form an insubstantial if intoxicating diet.
If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.
If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands
Yeah, well, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then we’d never go hungry. (Syn)
You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
There's no ifs and buts or maybes, you're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my loving.
Conscience is the anticipation of the fellow who awaits you if and when you come home.
Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?
No one is going to fire me now. If and when I leave, I'll be the one to make the decision
You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.
It's just a deep pleasure to read something you've written yourself - if and when you like it.
Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.
The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.
When you ask "why", "what if" and "why not" you force yourself to explore what's possible and not just what is.
Place your desires before God. Pray about them and trust God to give them to you if and when they’re right for you.
I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.
Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.
A man of Seville is shaved by the Barber of Seville if and only if the man does not shave himself. Does the barber shave himself?
I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.
If and perhaps.... The language of procrastination and uncertainty. That's just people looking to justify their own lack of action.
Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.
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.
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.
If and when you do decide to share your experience with your husband, it should be because you feel ready to do so, not for any other reason.
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.
It's funny that some ideas start with a little "What if?" and then suddenly you're spending a million dollars to shoot the scene and hoping that it works.
We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person, if, and only if, he knows how to verify the proposition which it purports to express.
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.
Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.
If and when I decide to retire I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.
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.
fundamentally an organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something that it is like to be that organism--something it is like for the organism.
My ideas often come from strong mental images. When I'm observing some relatively ordinary thing, I'll think, "What if...." and out of that brainstorming a story emerges.
You exist if and only if you are free to do things without a visible objective, with no justification and, above all, outside the dictatorship of someone else's narrative.
If - and it can be in a movie or in a department store - I hear someone arguing with their child, I break down and cry. Because it reflects how I was treated when I was little.
The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.
If he decided to pursue Sienna...Sucking in a breath Indigo promised herself she'd warn the girl if and when the time came-because no woman should have to face that campaign unprepared.
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.
i shall imagine life is not worth dying,if (and when)roses complain their beauties are in vain but though mankind persuades itself that every weed's a rose,roses(you feel certain)will only smile
If the agent aims to make the attempt if and only if it would be apt, then a distinctive element of risk assessment becomes relevant: How probably would the agent succeed in attempting that fuller end?
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.
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.
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!.
Occasionally, once a speaker is on his feet, it is difficult to get him to sit down. ... If and when he returns to earth, he notices half of the room is paging the other half and a few are playing with the melted candles.