I.B. George Quotes

The plain working truth is that it is not only good for people to be shocked occasionally, but absolutely necessary to the progress of society that they should be shocked pretty often.

The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be those of the film.

You will think less of the art, when you know the artist

Your heart and your mouth wil be in two separate parts of your body if you again forget in whose presence you stand.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

Captain Shotover: How much does your soul eat? Ellie: Oh, a lot. It eats music and pictures and books and mountains and lakes and beautiful things to wear and nice people to be with.

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary

I don't want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady.

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that only love can fill.

If women were as fastidious as men, morally or physically, there would be an end of the race.

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict.

I come from rather an international, or in other words, a cosmopolitan background.

It will never be altogether well with us till we convert the universe into a prayer room.

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One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.

Yale men do not like to be told anything by people who didn't go to Yale. The closest I came to Yale was once I had one of their padlocks.

If I paid $3 or $4 for a cigar, first I'd sleep with it.

This is all so exciting I've decided to keep making one movie every 36 years.

When I wasn't working, I put the blame directly where it belonged - I blamed my agent. When I didn't have an agent, I spent time looking for a new agent so I would have somebody to blame.

The doctrine that man is infinitely tough and resourceful and not easily cheated of his freedom to sin.

Though you are weak and frail, though you are poor and helpless, God does not despise you; but would glorify your being with His own, and raise you to fellowship with Himself.

Many traditional religions foster attitudes that ought to have disappeared as biological understanding accumulated over the last century.

We've got to find ways of confronting the issues that divide - and at the heart of cultural issues, you often find religions.

Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult Bookstore.

Ah, to be a bird. To fly the skies, sing my song, and best of all occasionally peck someone's eyes out.

People get all upset about torture, but when you get right down to it, it's really a pretty good way of finding out something a person doesn't want you to know.

People who ask "Can I ask you a question?" Didn't really give me a choice, did ya there buddy?

I don't own a camera, so I travel with a police sketch artist.

I never worry that all hell will break loose. My concern is that only part of hell will break loose and be much harder to detect.

The truth is, Pavlov's dog trained Pavlov to ring this bell just before the dog salivated.

The Muslims observe their Sabbath on Friday, the Jews observe on Saturday, and the Christians on Sunday. By the time Monday rolls around God is completely f***in' worn out.

Regarding the fitness craze: America has lost its soul; now it's trying to save its body.

By elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

Always do whatever's next.

If the cops didn't see it, I didn't do it!

Here's a bumper sticker I'd like to see... 'We are the Proud Parents of a Child who has resisted his teacher's attempts to bend him to the will of his corporate masters'.

That invisible hand of Adam Smith seems to offer an extended middle finger to an awful lot of people.

I finally accepted Jesus. not as my personal savior, but as a man I intend to borrow money from.

Sometimes when I'm told to use my own discretion, if no one is looking I'll use someone else's. But I always put it back.

There are ten thousand people in the United States in a persistent vegetative state. Just enough to start a small town. Think of them as veggie-burghers.

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes. When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? This title offends all three major religions, and even vegetarians!

They say if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. Well, those are precisely the people who need them!

Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey.

Put two things together which have never been put together before, and some schmuck will buy it.

I kind of like it when a lot of people die, and on the other hand I always wonder how many unused frequent-flier miles they had.

We [americans] are not a freedom-loving people in the beautiful, spiritual sense. We have an inspiring Constitution, but we're a hardhearted people.

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?