--- title: "13 Ifs Quotes By Tom Waits" description: "13 Ifs quotes by Tom Waits. Plus more from Tom Waits and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/tom-waits-916_ifs_if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-m_1627469.jpg" --- > [If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-mankind-there-s-nothing-kind/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/tom-waits-916_ifs_if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-m_1627469.jpg) > [If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-you-get-far-enough-away-you-ll-be-on-your-way-back-home/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/tom-waits-916_away_if-you-get-far-enough-away-you-ll-be-on_2870748.jpg) > [The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-dog-won-t-bite-if-you-beat-him-with-a-bone/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/tom-waits-916_animal_the-dog-won-t-bite-if-you-beat-him-with_3060512.jpg) > [If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-i-exorcise-my-devils-all-my-angels-may-go-too/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/tom-waits-916_angel_if-i-exorcise-my-devils-all-my-angels-ma_677883.jpg) > [Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/most-of-us-have-the-residue-of-thousands-of-songs-in-our-ears-that-if/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/tom-waits-916_ears_most-of-us-have-the-residue-of-thousands_11541.jpg) > [If you walk with Jesus, he's gonna save your soul. You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole. He's got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-you-walk-with-jesus-he-s-gonna-save-your-soul-you-gotta-keep-the/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/tom-waits-916_command_if-you-walk-with-jesus-he-s-gonna-save-y_836224.jpg) > [I can't listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You're just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-can-t-listen-to-so-much-music-at-the-same-time-i-think-you-really/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/tom-waits-916_diets_i-can-t-listen-to-so-much-music-at-the-s_2903624.jpg) > [You cannot really be too concerned with what people think of you. You're on your own adventure of growth and discovery. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/you-cannot-really-be-too-concerned-with-what-people-think-of-you-you/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/tom-waits-916_adventure_you-cannot-really-be-too-concerned-with_2137258.jpg) > [If I want to walk out in the desert and heat up a can of beans on a fire, I still can.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-i-want-to-walk-out-in-the-desert-and-heat-up-a-can-of-beans-on-a/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/tom-waits-916_age_if-i-want-to-walk-out-in-the-desert-and_2781159.jpg) > [Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/living-with-kids-is-like-living-with-a-bunch-of-drunks-you-know-you/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/tom-waits-916_art_living-with-kids-is-like-living-with-a-b_1546206.jpg) > [If you can make a little painting for the ears with a few words, well, I like words; I like cutting them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-you-can-make-a-little-painting-for-the-ears-with-a-few-words-well/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/tom-waits-916_antenna_if-you-can-make-a-little-painting-for-th_1512076.jpg) > [If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-you-are-recording-you-are-recording-i-don-t-believe-there-is-such/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/tom-waits-916_anatomy_if-you-are-recording-you-are-recording-i_1039679.jpg) > [Well you wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have nothing that will ever capture your heart They're just thorns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/well-you-wave-your-hand-and-they-scatter-like-crows-they-have-nothing/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/tom-waits-916_baby_well-you-wave-your-hand-and-they-scatter_1835321.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Tom Waits > [Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/most-of-us-have-the-residue-of-thousands-of-songs-in-our-ears-that-if/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [Bill Hicks - blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/bill-hicks-blowtorch-excavator-truthsayer-and-brain-specialist-he/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [Don't plant your days they turn into weeds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/don-t-plant-your-days-they-turn-into-weeds/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [“T’ain’t no sin to take off your skin, and dance around in your bones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/t-ain-t-no-sin-to-take-off-your-skin-and-dance-around-in-your-bones/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [“an all time favorite: "The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/an-all-time-favorite-the-large-print-giveth-the-small-print-taketh/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I'll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-ll-tell-you-all-my-secrets-but-i-lie-about-my-past/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/for-a-songwriter-you-don-t-really-go-to-songwriting-school-you-learn/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I'm trying to learn how to write faster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-m-trying-to-learn-how-to-write-faster/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-world-is-a-hellish-place-and-bad-writing-is-destroying-the/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-m-always-looking-for-sounds-that-are-pleasing-at-the-time-the-sound/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-was-born-in-the-back-seat-of-a-yellow-cab-in-a-hospital-loading/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/there-s-not-much-difference-between-what-i-appear-to-be-on-stage-and/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/most-of-the-things-you-absorb-you-will-ultimately-secrete/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-devil-knows-the-bible-like-the-back-of-his-hand/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I bark my voice out through a closed throat, pretty much. It's more, perhaps, like a dog in some ways. It does have its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-bark-my-voice-out-through-a-closed-throat-pretty-much-it-s-more/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/tom-waits/#itemlist", "name": "13 Ifs Quotes By Tom Waits", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-mankind-there-s-nothing-kind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/tom-waits-916_ifs_if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-m_1627469.jpg", "contentUrl": 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If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/living-with-kids-is-like-living-with-a-bunch-of-drunks-you-know-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/tom-waits-916_art_living-with-kids-is-like-living-with-a-b_1546206.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/tom-waits-916_art_living-with-kids-is-like-living-with-a-b_1546206.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/tom-waits-916_art_living-with-kids-is-like-living-with-a-b_1546206.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. 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