--- title: "22 Ifs Quotes By Robert Frost" description: "22 Ifs quotes by Robert Frost. Plus more from Robert Frost and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/robert-frost-371_counted_if-one-by-one-we-counted-people-out-3230_3230518.png" --- > [If one by one we counted people out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-one-by-one-we-counted-people-out/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/robert-frost-371_counted_if-one-by-one-we-counted-people-out-3230_3230518.png) > [If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-the-writer-does-not-cry-the-reader-does-not-cry/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/robert-frost-371_books_if-the-writer-does-not-cry-the-reader-do_1938256.png) > [In heaven we are all ghostwriters, if we write at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/in-heaven-we-are-all-ghostwriters-if-we-write-at-all/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/robert-frost-371_heaven_in-heaven-we-are-all-ghostwriters-if-we_2610415.png) > [If there is one thing in life that I have learned about life it is... it goes on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-there-is-one-thing-in-life-that-i-have-learned-about-life-it-is-it/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/robert-frost-371_goes-on_if-there-is-one-thing-in-life-that-i-hav_2754578.png) > [Unless I'm wrong I but obey The urge of a song: I'm-bound-away! And I may return If dissatisfied With what I learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/unless-i-m-wrong-i-but-obey-the-urge-of-a-song-i-m-bound-away-and-i/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6de/robert-frost-371_bounds_unless-i-m-wrong-i-but-obey-the-urge-of_3205453.png) > [Don't join too many gangs. Join few if any. Join the United States and join the family- But not much in between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/don-t-join-too-many-gangs-join-few-if-any-join-the-united-states-and/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/robert-frost-371_college_don-t-join-too-many-gangs-join-few-if-an_858936.png) > [If you're looking for something to be brave about, consider fine arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-you-re-looking-for-something-to-be-brave-about-consider-fine-arts/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/robert-frost-371_art_if-you-re-looking-for-something-to-be-br_1143546.png) > [The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-first-thing-i-do-in-any-town-i-come-to-is-ask-if-it-has-a/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/robert-frost-371_asks_the-first-thing-i-do-in-any-town-i-come_673734.png) > [Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs Better than all the stalemate an's and ifs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/courage-is-in-the-air-in-bracing-whiffs-better-than-all-the-stalemate/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/robert-frost-371_air_courage-is-in-the-air-in-bracing-whiffs_2677738.png) > [If the day ever comes when they know who They are, they may know better where they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-the-day-ever-comes-when-they-know-who-they-are-they-may-know/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/robert-frost-371_home_if-the-day-ever-comes-when-they-know-who_786599.png) > [My definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words that have become deeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/my-definition-of-poetry-if-i-were-forced-to-give-one-would-be-this/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/robert-frost-371_deeds_my-definition-of-poetry-if-i-were-forced_2175864.png) > [It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/it-is-absurd-to-think-that-the-only-way-to-tell-if-a-poem-is-lasting/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/robert-frost-371_absurd_it-is-absurd-to-think-that-the-only-way_1298408.jpg) > [One of the lies would make it out that nothing Ever presents itself before us twice. Where would we be at last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/one-of-the-lies-would-make-it-out-that-nothing-ever-presents-itself/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/robert-frost-371_answers_one-of-the-lies-would-make-it-out-that-n_809468.png) > [If you remember only one thing I've said, remember that an idea is a feat of association, and the height of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-you-remember-only-one-thing-i-ve-said-remember-that-an-idea-is-a/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/robert-frost-371_association_if-you-remember-only-one-thing-i-ve-said_135738.png) > [Far in the pillared dark Thrush music went- Almost like a call to come in To the dark and lament. But no,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/far-in-the-pillared-dark-thrush-music-went-almost-like-a-call-to-come/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/robert-frost-371_dark_far-in-the-pillared-dark-thrush-music-we_668822.png) > ["If it were a dog, it would have bitten you already." Actual Twents: "At e ne hond was, dan e oew allange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-it-were-a-dog-it-would-have-bitten-you-already-actual-twents-at-e/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/robert-frost-371_bitten_if-it-were-a-dog-it-would-have-bitten-yo_827365.png) > [I have just been to a city in the West, a city full of poets, a city they have made safe for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/i-have-just-been-to-a-city-in-the-west-a-city-full-of-poets-a-city/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/robert-frost-371_appreciate_i-have-just-been-to-a-city-in-the-west-a_1608152.jpg) > [The style is the man. Rather say the style is the way the man takes himself; and to be at all charming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-style-is-the-man-rather-say-the-style-is-the-way-the-man-takes/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/robert-frost-371_bearable_the-style-is-the-man-rather-say-the-styl_1334505.png) > [O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/o-hushed-october-morning-mild-thy-leaves-have-ripened-to-the-fall/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/robert-frost-371_break_o-hushed-october-morning-mild-thy-leaves_2525563.jpg) > [Sarcastic Science, she would like to know, In her complacent ministry of fear, How we propose to get away from here When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/sarcastic-science-she-would-like-to-know-in-her-complacent-ministry/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/robert-frost-371_absolutes_sarcastic-science-she-would-like-to-know_1311518.jpg) > [I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/i-have-wished-a-bird-would-fly-away-and-not-sing-by-my-house-all-day-2/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/robert-frost-371_bears_i-have-wished-a-bird-would-fly-away-and_2950287.png) > [Now close the windows and hush all the fields: If the trees must, let them silently toss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/now-close-the-windows-and-hush-all-the-fields-if-the-trees-must-let/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/robert-frost-371_fields_now-close-the-windows-and-hush-all-the-f_3131743.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Robert Frost > [The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-brain-is-a-wonderful-organ-it-starts-working-when-you-get-up-in/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [When I see birches bend to left and right... I like to think some boy's been swinging them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/when-i-see-birches-bend-to-left-and-right-i-like-to-think-some-boy-s/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [“The promising young poets, the hopefuls? I'd name Richard Wilbur, Peter Viereck, Karl Shapiro, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, John Ciardi...Leonard Bacon...but it is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-promising-young-poets-the-hopefuls-i-d-name-richard-wilbur-peter/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [Lord, I have loved Your sky, Be it said against or for me, Have loved it clear and high, Or low and stormy...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/lord-i-have-loved-your-sky-be-it-said-against-or-for-me-have-loved-it/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/let-him-that-is-without-stone-among-you-cast-the-first-thing-he-can/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/it-is-only-a-moment-here-and-a-moment-there-that-the-greatest-writer/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [And of course there must be something wrong In wanting to silence any song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/and-of-course-there-must-be-something-wrong-in-wanting-to-silence-any/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/there-are-two-kinds-of-teachers-the-kind-that-fill-you-with-so-much/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But now the theory goes That the apple's a rose, And the pear is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-rose-is-a-rose-and-was-always-a-rose-but-now-the-theory-goes-that/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/forgive-o-lord-my-little-jokes-on-thee-and-i-ll-forgive-thy-great-big/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [What an exciting age it is we live in With all this talk about the hope of youth And nothing made of youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/what-an-exciting-age-it-is-we-live-in-with-all-this-talk-about-the/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [The footpath down to the well is healed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-footpath-down-to-the-well-is-healed/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [There is the fear that we shan't prove worthy in the eyes of someone who knows us at least as well as we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/there-is-the-fear-that-we-shan-t-prove-worthy-in-the-eyes-of-someone/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [It's God - I recognised him from Blake's picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/it-s-god-i-recognised-him-from-blake-s-picture/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [Create and stir other people to create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/create-and-stir-other-people-to-create/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/robert-frost/#itemlist", "name": "22 Ifs Quotes By Robert Frost", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If one by one we counted people out", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Frost" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-one-by-one-we-counted-people-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/robert-frost-371_counted_if-one-by-one-we-counted-people-out-3230_3230518.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/robert-frost-371_counted_if-one-by-one-we-counted-people-out-3230_3230518.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/robert-frost-371_counted_if-one-by-one-we-counted-people-out-3230_3230518.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If one by one we counted people out” — Robert Frost", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Frost" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-the-writer-does-not-cry-the-reader-does-not-cry/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/robert-frost-371_books_if-the-writer-does-not-cry-the-reader-do_1938256.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/robert-frost-371_books_if-the-writer-does-not-cry-the-reader-do_1938256.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/robert-frost-371_books_if-the-writer-does-not-cry-the-reader-do_1938256.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry.” — Robert Frost", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In heaven we are all ghostwriters, if we write at all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Frost" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/in-heaven-we-are-all-ghostwriters-if-we-write-at-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/robert-frost-371_heaven_in-heaven-we-are-all-ghostwriters-if-we_2610415.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/robert-frost-371_heaven_in-heaven-we-are-all-ghostwriters-if-we_2610415.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/robert-frost-371_heaven_in-heaven-we-are-all-ghostwriters-if-we_2610415.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In heaven we are all ghostwriters, if we write at all.” — Robert Frost", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there is one thing in life that I have learned about life it is... it goes on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Frost" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/if-there-is-one-thing-in-life-that-i-have-learned-about-life-it-is-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/robert-frost-371_goes-on_if-there-is-one-thing-in-life-that-i-hav_2754578.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/robert-frost-371_goes-on_if-there-is-one-thing-in-life-that-i-hav_2754578.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/robert-frost-371_goes-on_if-there-is-one-thing-in-life-that-i-hav_2754578.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If there is one thing in life that I have learned about life it is... it goes on.” — Robert Frost", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Unless I'm wrong I but obey The urge of a song: I'm-bound-away! 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