I.B. George Quotes

And the prince who had once been a bear pulled close the girl who had once had no name, and kissed her.

It doesn't seem too unusual to have a live hermit crab here in Atlantic City, but when you think I brought it all the way from Texas, it's unusual.

The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.

Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.

One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.

Meow” means “woof” in cat.

How can He be perfect? Everything He ever makes...dies.

As it stands right now, I lead Richard Pryor in heart attacks, two to one. However, Richard still leads me, one to nothing, in burning yourself up.

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

My advice: just keep movin' straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place.

Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas.

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.

I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer.

The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

In every parting there is an image of death.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy.

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.

Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.

It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.

There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

It's not your schedule that keeps you from praying, it's your failure to realize the importance of prayer.

Let every hindrance to joy become the soil out of which joy blossoms.

Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.

Each new day is another chapter in the unfolding promise of deliverance and life.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.

Spiritual warfare is the unseen battle God wages on your behalf.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.