Gennuso George Quotes

His Theory of the Universe seems to have been, that it consisted solely of a multitude of objects which could be weighed, numbered, and measured; and the vocation to which he considered himself called was, to weigh, number and measure as many of those objects as his allotted three-score years and ten would permit. This conviction biased all his doings, alike his great scientific enterprises, and the petty details of his daily life. ~ George Wilson

I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. ~ George Stephenson

The intensest form of hatred is that rooted in fear. ~ George Eliot

For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.' ~ George Arthur Buttrick

The birds, the poets of the animal creation - what though they never get beyond the lyrical! - awoke to utter their own joy, and awake like joy in others of God's children. ~ George MacDonald

The mad, cruel, and accursed American war. ~ Lord George Gordon

Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it. ~ Dolly Parton

A man sees. A man hears. A man knows. ~ George R.R. Martin

So Ned bent his head and wrote, but where the king had said "my son Joffrey," he scrawled "my heir" instead. ~ George R R Martin

Anyone who (dis)likes G. W. Bush, but (dis)likes B. H. Obama, is either completely delusional or a complete idiot. ~ Michel Templet

He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber, poor fool. ~ George R R Martin

We pursued the wrong policies. George Bush is not on the ballot. Bill Clinton is not on the ballot. Mitt Romney is on the ballot, and Barack Obama is on the ballot. And Mitt Romney is proposing tax reform, regulatory reform, a wise budget strategy and trade. The president has proposed tax increases. ~ Glenn Hubbard

Worry denies the power of God and produces no good results. Worry adds no value to your life. Eliminate it with God's help. ~ Elizabeth George

Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent. ~ George W. Bush

If every rich person gave 50 percent of their wealth to charity, I would not say they should pay more taxes. ~ George Soros

I never understood people who don't have bookshelves. ~ George Plimpton

For he realized that a man should make peace with himself, even though all conditions changed, and that a man should face the question of whether in his life he had satisfied the ideas which he had built up within himself as to what he should be, and that all this was not a matter of priests and religion but of a man himself. ~ George R. Stewart

To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching. ~ George Bernard Shaw

He tried to fool the United Nations and did for 12 years by hiding these weapons. And so, it's going to take time to find them. But we know he had them, and whether he destroyed them, moved them or hid them, we're going to find out the truth. ~ George W. Bush

If she was a victim of any kind, she was a victim of her friends. ~ George Cukor

I think you go to some hell for that. One o'the bad ones. ~ George R R Martin

I knew style and content went hand in hand. ~ Boy George

I give my life as a sacrifice. ~ Abigail George

There were times when I got frightened. Things weren't going right, so I just went out and got smashed. That's me. Something goes wrong, I find a bottle. I don't like it about myself but I've done it before and I'll do it again. But I never vanished for days or held up shooting or quit the picture. ~ George C. Scott

a bemused Lincoln noted how he was bombarded with a range of opinions from "religious men" all "equally certain that they represent the Divine will. ~ George C. Rable

Mindfulness can create a foundation for emotional bonding that allows you to be fully present and authentic during dialogues or a discussion. A mindful approach to entering difficult conversations keeps both parties out of the heat of emotions and able to explore the needs, wants and interests on both sides. Judgement is suspended and, with a strong bond, the mind is able to focus on and look for the mutual benefit of the common goal. ~ George Kohlrieser

I am a personal optimist but a skeptic about all else. What may sound to some like anger is really nothing more than sympathetic contempt. I view my species with a combination of wonder and pity, and I root for its destruction. And please don't confuse my point of view with cynicism; the real cynics are the ones who tell you everything's gonna be all right. ~ George Carlin

There are things
We live among 'and to see them
Is to know ourselves'. ~ George Oppen

Hereditary aristocracies have always been shortlived, whereas adoptive organisations such as the Catholic Church have sometimes lasted for hundreds or thousands of years. ~ George Orwell

The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it. ~ George Herbert

Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man. ~ George Herbert

On the question of the machinery of government, we have seen that a good deal of our trouble seems to have stemmed from the extent to which the executive has felt itself beholden to the short-term trends of public opinion in the country and from what we might call the erratic and subjective nature of public reaction to foreign-policy questions. I would like to emphasize that I do not consider public reaction to foreign-policy questions to be erratic and undependable over the long term; but I think the record indicates that in the short term our public opinion, or what passes for public opinion in the thinking of official Washington, can be easily led astray into areas of emotionalism and subjectivity which make a poor and inadequate guide for national action. ~ George F. Kennan

Just where do you think you are going, Arya?' the septa demanded.
Arya glared at her. 'I have to go shoe a horse,' she said sweetly taking a brief satisfaction in the shock on the septa's face. ~ George R R Martin

America's highest economic need is higher ethical standards
enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders. ~ George W. Bush

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. ~ George Whitefield

He was abusing Big Brother, he was denouncing the dictatorship of the Party, he was demanding the immediate conclusion of peace with Eurasia, he was advocating freedom of speech, freedom of the Press, freedom of assembly, freedom of thought, he was crying hysterically that the revolution had been betrayed - and all this in rapid polysyllabic speech which was a sort of parody of the habitual style of the orators of the Party, and even contained Newspeak words: more Newspeak words, indeed, than any Party member would normally use in real life. ~ George Orwell

Orwell wrote easily and well about small humane pursuits, such as bird watching, gardening and cooking, and did not despise popular pleasures like pubs and vulgar seaside resorts. In many ways, his investigations into ordinary life and activity prefigure what we now call 'cultural studies. ~ Christopher Hitchens

Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. ~ George Orwell

The act of committing yourself to the Lord daily allows Him to guide you. ~ Elizabeth George

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death. ~ George Bernard Shaw

You can't win, Darth. Strike me down, and I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine. ~ George Lucas

No". Tyrion's voice was hoarse. "Sansa is no longer yours to torment. Understand that, monster."
Joffrey sneered. "You're the monster, Uncle"
"Am I?" Tyrion cocked his head. "Perhaps you should speak more softly to me, then. Monsters are dangerous beasts, and just now kinds seem to be dying like flies. ~ George R R Martin