I.B. George Quotes
Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.
Isn’t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.
The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.
What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.
For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.
War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.
Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.
We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.
If I were an Indian...I would greatly prefer to cast my lot among those of my people who adhere to the free open plains, rather than submit to the confined limits of a reservation.
Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?
If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.
To create great work, here's how you must spend your time: 1% Inspiration 9% Perspiration 90% Justification
Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.
Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.
I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters.
We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.
Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.
In order to solve this differential equation you look at it until a solution occurs to you.
Christ was born in the first century, yet he belongs to all centuries. He was born a Jew, yet He belongs to all races. He was born in Bethlehem, yet He belongs to all countries.
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
Money is really worth no more than as it can be used to accomplish the Lord's work. Life is worth as much as it is spent for the Lord's service.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
The roulette table pays nobody except him that keeps it. Nevertheless a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette tables is unknown.
It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.
It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.