If there were only darkness, all would be clear.

If there were only the mess, all would be clear ; ;

If he is the child of nothingness, if he is the predestined victim of an age of atomic wars, then he will consult only his own organic needs and go beyond good and evil.

If our sincerity is granted, and it is granted, the discrepancy can only be explained by the fact that we have come to believe hearsay and legend about ourselves in preference to an understanding gained by earnest self-examination.

Defoe then commented, `` If they Could Draw that young Gentleman into Their Measures They would show themselves quickly, for they are not asham'd to Say They want only a head to Make a beginning ''.

If it is not one of his best books, it can only be considered unsatisfactory when compared with his own Garibaldi.

If only for this modest masterpiece of military history, Blenheim is likely to be read and reread long after newer interpretations have perhaps altered our picture of the Marlborough wars.

If only this could be done more often -- with such heartening results -- many of the earth's `` big problems '' would shrink to the insignificances they really are.

If he had any worries, it was only the small ones, about Mother in New York, and his daughter Edwina and what she might be doing at this hour, with her Aunt Asia, in Philadelphia.

If only the fucken weather wasn't so lousy!!

Somebody, got to be somebody If I don't put my two cents in soon, somebody else will I know they're waitin only for one thing: for the bastards what done it to be nailed.

If only Simms Purdew could do that, whatever the thing he remembered and told.

`` If he would only leave the East '', said Mary.

If only there was a clock for him to crawl against.

If the artist would study his work more thoroughly and move certain units in his design, often only slightly, finer pictures would result.

If you have a full-time doctor now, can he be replaced with a part-time doctor or one who serves on a fee-per-case basis only??

If you wish to budget closely on transportation, saving your extra dollars to indulge in luxuries, one agency lists the small Fiat 500 at only $1.26 a day plus $.03 a kilometer and the Fiat 2100 Station Wagon, seating six, at just $1.10 a day and $.105 a kilometer.

`` If I could only think of something at the studio, near me, to absorb his boundless energy '', I said.

If this is the case, one would expect that not only the various procedures just mentioned which alter the hypothalamic balance would influence emotional state and behavior but that emotion itself would act likewise.

If adjectival meanings show relatively low retentiveness of stems, as I am confident will prove to be the case in most languages of the world, why should our basic lists include 15 per cent of these unstable forms, but only 8 per cent of animals and plants which replace much more slowly??

If only state funds were used to pay for the vocational education, it could be argued that the state should not have to bear the cost of vocational training which would benefit employers in other states.

If so, then it is clear that in saying the suffering was bad we are not expressing our feelings only.

If goodness and badness lie in attitudes only and hence are brought into being by them, those men who greeted death and misery with childishly merry laughter are taking the only sensible line.

If there is nothing evil in these things, if they get their moral complexion only from our feeling about them, why shouldn't they be greeted with a cheer??

If they'd been working on a bottle or a jug he'd have taken it with him ''.

If they have to take any car, they'd rather take the big one.

Saints All-Pro quarterback Drew Brees made a controversial tweet on June 20, 2012 stating, " If NFL fans were told there were " weapons of mass destruction " enough times, they'd believe it.

If I wanted to direct, why, they'd give me a shot at it, and if it didn't come off all that well, they wouldn't be too disappointed as it was to be a very small picture.

If they'd had another singer they'd never have got further than Salford shopping centre.

In 1976, while playing in Baltimore, Jackson had said, " If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

" " If they thought they'd listened to a self-esteem tape ( even though half the labels were wrong ), they felt that their self-esteem had gone up.

To which Scrooge responds: " If they'd rather die then perhaps they had better do so and decrease the surplus population.

" If tickets were left to auction online, they'd bring in enough to fund a state Senate campaign ".

In 2008, he converted to the Roman Catholic Church, of which he approvingly stated: " If Vulcans had a church, they'd be Catholics.

If they were right, they'd get a bonus.

If the couple who took part in Bully's Prize Board refused to gamble ( inevitably ducking out claiming that they'd already had a " smashing day, Jim " and would like " to give the others a chance "), the second-placed couple from the second round was asked to gamble their money.

If singing turned successful, they'd stick with it ; if not, then back to acting.

If they'd flown me in, I'd still be working.

As part of Greek politician Aiskhines ( Aeschines )' proof that a member of the prosecution against him, Timarkhos ( Timarchus ), had prostituted himself to ( or been " kept " by ) another male while young, he attributed fellow prosecutor Demosthenes ' nickname Batalos (" arse ") to his " unmanliness and kinaidiā and frequently commented on his " unmanly and womanish temper ", even criticising his clothing: " If anyone took those dainty little coats and soft shirts off you ... and took them round for the jurors to handle, I think they'd be quite unable to say, if they hadn't been told in advance, whether they had hold of a man's clothing or a woman's.

" Quarry said, " If they'd given me the decision, I'd have given it back.

" Markert had been inspired by the John Tiller Girls in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, and was convinced that " If I ever got a chance to get a group of American girls who would be taller and have longer legs and could do really complicated tap routines and eye-high kicks ... they'd knock your socks off!

( If the police in Scotland ) ever found out about 1 / 2 the stuff we done they'd bring back the death penalty just for us!

He stated: Money is the only thing that keeps them playing ... If they earned the same money as I did when I was playing they'd have retired at 34 as I did, and Australian cricket would be the better for it.

If I got them cups and awards they'd kill them to produce what I wanted.

If you were black, they'd know they couldn't change you, and racist bullying would never be condoned, but if someone is quite feminine or knows they might be gay at 13, they think they can change you with a bit of rugby.

" If they had 11 Tuncay's they'd be in the top half of the table ; this boy is quality, he works his socks off as well.

If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now.