I.B. George Quotes

Jaime gave her [Brienne] a hard smile. "See, wench? We know each other too well.

[Lily] "Petunia's hair is too curly to braid, " She said conversationally. Oliver wasn't sure why, but that was what finally made him blush.

What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?

A president must know what it is he does not know, and he should remain calm in pursuit of it, but there is no obligation to be honest about it.

One man on the wall is worth ten beneath it.

God condemns those who oppress and take advantage of others.

I am alive, and drunk on sunlight.

Love you always, miss you always... running day and night, leaving the place of sun and moon, of ice and snow.Never look back, never forget.

The sun that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, andwill still be shining when thy last grandchild shall pass into the darkness.

...his voice was like the cracking of ice on a winter lake, and the words were mocking

You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background

National Review's premise was that conformity was especially egregious among the intellectuals, that herd of independent minds.

Advertising, an art, is constantly besieged and compromised by logicians and technocrats, the scientists of our profession who wildly miss the main point about everything we do…

Trust no one, and let none believe.

But it is hazardous and, I believe, counterproductive to become frozen in time by an obsession with past wrongs and errors.

Darkly, deeply, beautifully blue - the sky

She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above.

It is hard to look a hero when mounted on a pig.

We live in our desires rather than in our achievements

To succeed perseverance yells "pain to gain". If you don't take heed, you'll end up slain!

What man wants does not matter.

A surprise visit? That's so romantic...but fairly risky." "If you don't take any risks, life will bass you by, " Cunco shipped in.

I am a beast until I love as God doth love.

Obedience to God will bring blessings to you and others.

A small spoon of victory is just the thing to settle the stomach before battle, " Ser Imry had declared happily.

To experience spiritual victory, you must depend on God's resources.

The president has kept all the promises he intended to keep.

[It is not] the poet's business to use verse as an advanced form of rhetoric, nor to give to political statements the aura of eternal truth.

Under the sea the old fish eat the young fish.

She loved the sea. She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of the horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above. It made her feel small, but free as well.

Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails.

Winter is coming.

Winter is coming, warned the Stark words, and truly it had come to them with a vengeance. But it is high summer for House Lannister. So why am I so bloody cold?

It's not, " Mormont told him. "Gods save us, boy, you're not blind and you're not stupid. When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?

I have always understood that money made in the patent medicine business is a practical bar to social success.

Asking questions is an art.

Much can be accomplished if you seek a heart of wisdom and walk diligently with God each and every day.

In this world the weak are the victims of the strong.

If you want to be a strong, maturing Christian, your first priority is to develop a closer relationship with God.

A man should smell of sweat, not flowers.

A child's name is his portal to the world.

Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful

The runner is coming to know, or will know if he runs enough...that the universe is the smallest divisible unit.

All Knights must bleed. Blood is the seal of our devotion.

Blood calls to blood.

Brick and blood built Astapor, and brick and blood her people.

Mine is the blood of the dragon.

A bloody sword is a beautiful thing.

If you're THAT smart...why aren't you THAT rich?

Never speak of defeat before battle.