I.B. George Quotes

There can be to the ownership of anything no rightful title which is not derived from the title of the producer and does not rest upon the natural right of the man to himself.

Age is a hell of a price to pay for wisdom.

One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you're too tired.

In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way.

Energy experts have announced the development of a new fuel made from human brain tissue. It's called assohol.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

If voting changed anything, it would be illegal.

Somewhere in the world is a doctor who is worse than all other doctors...and someone has an appointment with him in the morning.

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard

Anything that changes your values changes your behaviour.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.

Im the lamest lame duck there could be.

But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.

There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets in when you realise you're enjoying it.

Acting is characterization, the process of two entities merging-the actor and the role.

All music is the blues. All of it.

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.

A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem.

Granola didn't sell very well when it was good for you. Now it has caramel, chocolate, marshmallow, saturated fat and sweeteners with a small amount of oats and grains. Sales picked up.

The more syllables a euphemism has, the further divorced from reality it is.

Try everything that can be done. Be deliberate. Be spontaneous. Be thoughtful and painstaking. Be abandoned and impulsive. Learn your own possibilities.

I'm not out trying to prove anything. I'm sort of finished with that, so I get to play in other sandboxes and try and figure out what I like and I'm interested in.

The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.

Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.

I couldn't commit suicide if my life depended on it.

The Golden Gate Bridge should have a long bungee cord for people who aren't quite ready to commit suicide but want to get in a little practice.

People are always asking me when I'm going to retire. Why should I? I've got it two ways - I'm still making movies, and I'm a senior citizen, so I can see myself at half price.

My best advice: Fall in love with what you do for a living.

Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.

Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless.

I don't care what you do for a living. If you love it, you are a success.

I hope no one asks me to show them the ropes; I have no idea where they are. Maybe I could pull some strings and find out.

I find you have to take each day as it comes and be thankful for who's left and whatever you can still do.

The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously

Consequences are unpitying.

There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.

If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself.

Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything has dropped, expanded and turned a funny color.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

The Beatles will go on and on.

Better a barefoot than none.

Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

The only sensible person is my tailor. He measures me anew each time he sees me.

Didn't want to be a star, wanted just to play guitar in this cockamamie business.

Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass, you know his faults, now let the foibles pass.

With humans it's abortion, but with chickens it's an omelet.

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes