I.B. George Quotes

The man at the center [Donald Trump], soon to be the world's most powerful, now shoulders the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans, the fear and anxiety of millions more.

Bill Kristol, is the focus going to be now on Washington and a real consolidation in Washington now. Republicans in control of everything.

Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (“A Dream of Fear”)

I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.

My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director.

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970.

In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.

And yet I would not freely exchange my science for those of my fellow laureates. They are forever confined in their professional discussions to the small numbers of their fellow scientists.

In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar topics.

There are no eyes so sharp as the eyes of hatred.

Strategy is the most important department of the art of war, and strategical skill is the highest and rarest function of military genius.

Ambition is not a weakness unless it be disproportioned to the capacity. To have more ambition than ability is to be at once weak and unhappy.

A sluggish, dawdling, and dilatory man may have spasms of activity, but he never acts continuously and consecutively with energetic quickness.

Great men are among the best gifts which God bestows upon a people.

Man is an animal that cannot long be left in safety without occupation; the growth of his fallow nature is apt to run into weeds.

Many persons feel art, some understand it; but few both feel and understand it.

I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out.

I like the part where you walk up on the stage and you're up there for the show. I like that part.

I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

You don't have to be a cheater to sing a cheatin' song, that's what I'm saying.

Swing is my favorite kind of music.

I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done.

They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.

Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.

Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

One mushroom cloud would change history. My deepest fear is that this is exactly what they [Al Qaeda] intend.

If you don't start drinking, I'm gonna leave.

On the day I was born, the nurses gathered around, to gaze in wide wonder at the joy they had found.

Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why.

The reductio ad absurdum is God's favorite argument.

If you want to treat an illness that has no easy cure, first of all, treat them with hope.

There is nothing that can have a more powerful effect on your mental health than the spirit of thankfulness.

Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?

True wit is everlasting, like the sun; describing all men, but described by none.

I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect,' when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.

It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.

I don't give a damn about the stock market. But I do care about jobs.

Statistics don't lie. It's the people who make up the statistics that lie.

Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding dedication to liberty and justice for all.

America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world, and no one will keep that light from shining.

The Democrats believe they need more of your money to spend because they can spend it better than you can. But you know, sometimes philosophers don't act.

These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat.But they have failed; our country is strong.

Through adoption, Americans can forever change not only a child's life but also their own.

Free people will set the course of history.

Eight years was awesome and I was famous and I was powerful.

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech.