I.B. George Quotes

There is no escape if love is not there

Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.

I use the cigar for timing purposes. If I tell a joke, I smoke as long as they laugh and when they stop laughing I take the cigar out of my mouth and start my next joke.

Be sure to wear a good cologne, a nice aftershave lotion, and a strong underarm deodorant. And it might be a good idea to wear some clothes, too.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

What wine goes with Captain Crunch?

Catholic, which I was until I reached the age of reason

You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous - the ice of life is slippery.

Only Lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty.

The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.

To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

I can see the Beatles sticking together forever, really. We've been together a long time.

We're God too but we don't realise it.

The Past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute.

Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times...

Imagination is the beginning of creation.

Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the mother woman.

No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

The Baggio brothers, of course, are not related.

My specialty is being right when other people are wrong.

If you live long enough, lots of nice things happen.

What makes a good coach? Complete dedication.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Above all, it behooves us to repress, and if possible to extinguish once and for all, our inveterate tendency to judge others by the extent to which they contrive to be like ourselves.

Alcohol is a very necessary article. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.

Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.

A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.

Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.

Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave of its victory. For without that you cannot be born again.

The pride of life hath corrupted the judgment of others, and perverted them in the way of religion.

The confusing of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.

You push the button, we do the rest.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

I wouldn't give a dime for all the possibilities of [motion pictures with sound]. The public will never accept it.

Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.

A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutrient from cows.

Men who leave their money to be distributed by others are pie-faced mutts.

There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is

Corruption is simply crime without conscience.

I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or channel which leads to your true self, your essence.

He who spends more than he earns is sowing the winds of needless self-indulgence from which he is sure to reap the whirlwinds of trouble and humiliation.

For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.