I.B. George Quotes

If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.

There is not one single established religion that an intelligent, educated man can believe.

That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.

I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker.

Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it...

Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

Plans must be simple and flexible....They must be made by the people who execute them.

God, give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst!

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

As for the extraordinary operations of the Holy Ghost, such as working of miracles, or speaking with divers kinds of tongues, they are long since ceased.

Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.

I've had a lot of practice and wrong's what I do best.

The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood.

We conquer by continuing.

Everyone smiles in the same language.

From powerful causes spring the empiric's gains, Man's love of life, his weakness, and his pains; These first induce him the vile trash to try, Then lend his name, that other men may buy.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.

Creativity can solve almost any problem.

The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

If 'Pygmalion' is not good enough for your friends with its own verbal music, their talent must be altogether extraordinary.

Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead.

Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

Design is a response to social change.

Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?

People never believe in volcanoes until the lava actually overtakes them.

Labor never quits. We never give up the fight - no matter how tough the odds, no matter how long it takes.

Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.

The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.

The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.

We must have an America in which White men and women can live and work, in their homes and in the streets of our cities, without fear.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

Life's a rodeo and all you have to do is stay in the saddle.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.