I.B. George Quotes

Mathematics has no symbols for confused ideas.

My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938.

Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price.

The malignity that never forgets or forgives is found only in base and ignoble natures, whose aims are selfish, and whose means are indirect, cowardly, and treacherous.

Misfortunes have their dignity and their redeeming power.

A military life has ever comported with my inclination.

Even though I've been doing it for so long, I still feel fresh. Even when I walk out on stage, I still feel pretty much the same as I've always felt.

I listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.

News channels have always had interview shows, but we need different kinds of interviews with different kinds of interviewers, interviewers who bring different life experiences to the table.

Listening to Mozart, we cannot think of any possible improvement.

Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.

Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.

As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.

The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.

I'm more of a rhythmic player. My soloing is pretty much limited to playing slide guitar.

Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working; you know what I'm saying?

You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble.

Communism is the flower of idleness.

I am after painting reality impressed on the mind so hard that it returns as a dream, but I am not after painting dreams as such, or fantasy.

We do not need to prove religion to [people], but to show them that they are religious.

The recent years of the Grant Study have shown that our lives when we are old are the sum of all of our loves.

In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled—even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was radio and baseball.

Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form.

Kisses are like grains of gold or silver found upon the ground, of no value themselves, but precious as showing that a mine is near.

What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?

I know that the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully.

Time is passing...yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.

Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design.

We are not at war with the Afghani people, and we are not at war with Islam, which most Americans respect as a religion of peace.

There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

My answer is bring them on.

I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.

The principle I believe in is the principle of protecting our nation. I believe that the United States has the right to attack any country it views as a threat at a time and place of its choosing.

The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well.

We don't want Washington Democrats running the House of Representatives.

I think the platform ought to be pro-life. It is the basis of the Republican Party. People have got to understand that abortion is not a contraceptive.

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.

When it comes time to protecting the homeland, the United States of America must be right 100 percent of the time. And the enemy, which desires to strike us again, only has to be right once.

I regret the fact that Saddam [Hussein] didn't have weapons of mass destruction that we thought. I don't regret removing him from power.

I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

I developed a reputation as a "hothead" because I got in the face of a lot of reporters and they thought I was just a hotheaded person. What they didn't understand was that I was motivated by love.

No one wants to be a polarizer, but on the other hand, if you think you're doing right and you believe the decisions you make will lead to a better tomorrow, then they're worthy of defense.

There was no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the attack of 9/11, I've never said that and never made that case prior to going into Iraq.

Diplomacy can be a frustrating thing. I think the strategy can work, so long as the force is robust and the rules of engagement are clear.

Get ready; if the Democrats take the House, your taxes are going up.

I was the Commander in Chief with men and women in combat. And the idea of trying to agonize in public or show weakness would have demoralized them.

Information is moving - you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets.