I.B. George Quotes

Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School and my mother would get drunk and try to make pancakes

My understanding has always been that if there is any indication that pesticides are harmful, that they would not be allowed to be used.

In the doggie dictionary, under "bow wow" it says, "See "arf arf.""

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]

Aesthetic freedom is like free speech; it is, indeed, a form of free speech.

There are two types of people: One strives to control his environment, the other strives not to let his environment control him. I like to control my environment.

If a lobster didn't look like a sci-fi monster, people would be less able to drop him alive into boiling water.

Hallucinogens are a value changer...like it or not, it changes your values, it opens up windows (doors of perception.)

I hate Dr Phil. Dr Phil told me to express my feelings, so I'm expressing them.

Comedy, although it is not one of the fine arts - it's a vulgar art, it's one of the people's arts, it's the spoken word, the writing that goes into it is an art form - it's certainly artistry.

And, of course, the funniest food of all, kumquats.

They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.

Nothing rectifies out-of-control market failures like a healthy dose of government intervention and mountains of bureaucracy.

The radio ad "Hi, I'm Jeff Healey from the Jeff Healey Band. Don't drink and drive. I don't". Well, I hope you don't drive sober either Mr. Healey. You're blind for God's sake!

I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences.

The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life.

Think of how strange we'd look if all the cuts, burns, scrapes, bruises, scratches, bumps, gashes, and scabs we ever had suddenly reappeared on our bodies at the same time.

The bloodiest, most brutal wars fought, all based on religious hatred. Which is fine with me! Any time a bunch of holy people want to go out and kill each other I'm a happy guy!

I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary.

Even in a fake democracy, people ought to get what they want once in a while.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.

As to my political faith- I have never voted. My father was a Democrat, my mother a Republican, and I am an Episcopalian.

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

Take the gentle path.

Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.

If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.

In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that, the rest is easy.

In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.

She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.

At home we ate fish every Friday, as Catholics were then supposed to do. Being Jewish, I compromised. I wore a hat when I ate fish, out of respect for my own religion and the fish's family.

Translation is at best an echo.

Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.

Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.

Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.

I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one's mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

I'd have to be superman to do some of the things I'm supposed to have done, I've been at six different places at six different times.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood

Barney Kessel is definitely the best guitar player in this world, or any other world.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

Never repeat old grievances.

It doesn't really matter what chords I play, what words I say or time of day it is, as it's only a Northern Song.

The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.

Since our problems have been our own creation, they also can be overcome.