I.B. George Quotes

The sweetest memory is that which involves something which one should not have done; the bitterest, that which involves something which one should not have done, and which one did not do.

Drama - what literature does at night.

An abstainer is the sort of man you wouldn't want to drink with even if he did.

Hollywood is ten million dollars worth of intricate and high ingenious machinery functioning elaborately to put skin on baloney.

The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does not see the graves under the flowers.

It may be said that artist and censor differ in this wise: that the first is a decent mind in an indecent body and that the second is an indecent mind in a decent body.

A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed.

I drink so the others become interesting.

After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.

The frontispiece of Mr. Lyell's book is enough to throw a Wernerian into fits.

Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding

Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For me, getting shot is scary.

Never let yourself get fooled by the same pitcher on the same pitch on the same day.

The head has no purpose in the golf swing. It simply goes where the body takes it

Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess

It's better if you have a strong opinion on any talk show.

I learned everything about fashion during my time at the 'NY Times.

For slaves to fashion, the rules are made to be broken.

For many years I've been using Swarovski accessories when styling editorial photo shoots and also for red carpet appearances.

You know what I've kind of come to realize is that I'm a huge Drew Barrymore rom-com fan. There are so many of her movies that I love.

The only thing to worry about is the damage that can be done by worrying. Why are some scientists worried? Perhaps because they feel that to stop worrying may mean to stop being paid.

What I think is this: Man is responsible for a PART of global warming. MOST of it is still natural.

If you don't know how to look, you'll end up putting down the wrong things, which only dilutes or cancels the power of your artwork.

The free market is constantly under attack from those who believe that they know how to make the world a better place with properly administered doses of state coercion.

Mountaineers have often observed a lack of clarity in their mental state at high altitudes; it is difficult for the stupid mind to observe how stupid it is.

Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.

At the heart of each of us, whatever our imperfections, there exists a silence pulse of perfect rhythm which is absolutely individual and unique, and yet which connects us to everything else.

Preventing the new generation from changing in any deep way is what most societies require of their educators.

The subtle dance of the body joins us to the world.

For the atom's soul is nothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life of every woman or man - the heart of it - is pure and holy joy.

The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty.

Learning and performing music have been rewarding, both physically and mentally. They helped me to mature and grow as a person.

Truth is truth, though from an enemy, and spoken in malice.

What shall we call this undetermin'd state, This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless oceans, That whence we came, and that to which we tend?

We gathered the wild-flowers. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight; As thro' the field we rov'd. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight.

Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming, Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer.

One time, I was so hungry, I ate the beans in a bean bag chair.

I grew up not having a father. Golf is the father I never had. It taught me honesty and respect and discipline and it taught me to control my temperament.

Memories, priceless. Well not really priceless, but there you go!

Laughter survives... it has to survive.

I didn't want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand-up.

When I look at the Gospel, I see how it is speaking to me at this time. I see how to be to others and it helps.

Obama is the closest thing to a Latino that we have. Barack. Everybody wants to see his birth certificate too.

When we got married, we agreed on a boy for me, and a girl for you. Mine's upstairs sleeping. Good luck with yours!

It's good to see people not smoking. You get dressed up, and you smoke, and it gets in your clothes. You go, 'What should I wear tonight?' 'I don't know, honey, how about something menthol?'

George: Why've you had a grudge against your brother for 15 years? Benny: We Lopezes are a proud people... George: You have a birthday lunch at Denny's every month. We're not that proud!

The average late-night viewer is in their mid-50s and the average viewer of TBS is in their 30s and is largely African-American and Hispanic, already, before I even get there.

The jewelry stores say, 'Tell your wife you love her with a diamond,' while wives tell you they love you with, 'Ok, but just because it's Valentine's Day.'

I'd shake his hand, but I think that's what's holding up his pants.

From now on, we're home schooling you. Whatever we don't know, you don't know. When did the Korean War start? I don't know, and neither do you!