W. L. George Quotes

I have the happiness of the passing moment and what more can mortal ask?

No matter how big and tough a problem may be get rid of confusion by taking one little step toward solution. Do something.

See Time has touched me gently in his race And left no odious furrows in my face.

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

I like terra firma - the more firma the less terra.

Woodman spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me And I'll protect it now.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

The truth is cruel but it can be loved and it makes free those who have loved it.

The west is broken into bars Of orange gold and gray Gone is the sun come are the stars And night infolds the day.

The union of lakes - the union of lands - The union of States none can sever - The union of hearts - the union of hands - And the flag of our union for ever!

Well-adjusted means you can make the same mistakes over and over again and keep smiling.

It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor the world over.

The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.

Westward Ho!

Weak men are apt to be cruel because they stick at nothing that may repair the ill effect of their mistakes.

Why inflict pain on oneself when so many others are ready to save us the trouble?

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one no less wise to balance it.

The time I've lost in wooing In watching and pursuing The light that lies In woman's eyes Has been my heart's undoing.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength his glory and his pleasure.

A people so primitive that they did not know how to get money except by working for it.

This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given The smiles of joy the tears of woe Deceitful shine deceitful flow - There's nothing true but Heaven.

Memoirs: the backstairs of history.

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor.

Why has no one come to pry me out of here?- Cersei

If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pelé.

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement

Only when the flower vase will be itself in bloom, only then we got the real wonder of poetry

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

Our hearts were drunk with a beauty Our eyes could never see.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals.

I hope in God, I pray on, and look yet for the answer. They are not converted yet, but they will be.

I love hockey because of the respect for history and for the game itself.

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.

I like to keep the median age in my lab low because they will indulge me in my dreams. They don't yet think things are impossible.

Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity.

I do find things funny. When you see life through the eyes of someone with a good sense of humor, which my grandmother did, life is a human comedy.

There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.

We are muddled into war.

When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes, and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac.

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of children.

Be still and cool in thine own mind and spirit.

When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterprise.

Storytelling is about two things it's about character and plot.

The 1960s was a heroic age in the history of the art of communication - the audacious movers and shakers of those times bear no resemblance to the cast of characters in 'Mad Men.'