I.B. George Quotes

The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed at its heart, which is its pocketbook.

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.

For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another.

Spiritual maturity is a lifelong pursuit. We grow in spiritual maturity moment by moment, day by day, year by year.

When you yield yourself in complete and whole-hearted obedience to God, He can do great things through you.

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.

Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.

Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.

The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you get a bright idea.

Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.

Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.

Satire is what closes Saturday night.

Do well and right and let the world sink.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.

Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists.

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

I have a Lab, it's fun to hang out and hike with the dog, people come up to him, and pet him, it's fun.

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.

After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task.

Look at all the buses now that want exact change, exact change. I figure if I give them exact change, they should take me exactly where I want to go.

Every dog is a lion at home.

The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.

Beware of parting! The true sadness is not in the pain of the parting; it is in the when and the how you are to meet again with the face about to vanish from your view.

Will our souls, hurrying on in diverse paths, unite once more, as if the interval had been a dream?

When I go onstage, I'm going to work ...I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it's like a romantic song or a happy song.

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.