George Everett Macdonald Quotes

The Church being what she is cannot have the instincts of a gentleman. ~ George Everett Macdonald

[George Everett Macdonald was] a valiant soldier for human liberty. ~ Clarence Darrow

Lots of people wrote to the magazine to say that Marilyn vos Savant was wrong, even when she explained very carefully why she was right. Of the letters she got about the problem, 92% said that she was wrong and lots of these were from mathematicians and scientists. Here are some of the things they said: 'I'm very concerned with the general public's lack of mathematical skills. Please help by confessing your error.' -Robert Sachs, Ph.D., George Mason University ... 'I am sure you will receive many letters from high school and college students. Perhaps you should keep a few addresses for future columns.' -W. Robert Smith, Ph.D., Georgia State University ... 'If all those Ph.D.'s were wrong, the country would be in very serious trouble.' -Everett Harman, Ph.D., U.S. Army Research Institute ~ Mark Haddon

So say you are charged with, you and some of your colleagues, lifting a heavy dead whale carcass onto a flatbed. ~ George Saunders

This emptiness - infinite darkness, infinite stillness, trapped alone with only his own mind - was what had always waited for him all his life, in spite of the blessings and benedictions of the Church, in spite of his sins and occasional semi-sincere repentance. ~ George R R Martin

A modern literary intellectual lives and writes in constant dread - not, indeed, of public opinion in the wider sense, but of public opinion within his own group. ~ George Orwell

She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear, and it felt as though Syrio Forel walked beside her, and Yoren, and Jaqen H'ghar, and Jon Snow. ~ George R R Martin

The greatness of Ty Cobb was something that had to be seen, and to see him was to remember him forever. ~ George Sisler

I had a terror of the world. None knew me; all would mistake me. I had seen so many in my life who made themselves glad with scorning, and laughed at another's shame. What could I do? This life seemed to be closing in upon me with a wall of fire - everywhere there was scorching that made me shrink. The high sunlight made me shrink. And I began to think that my despair was the voice of God telling me to die. ~ George Eliot

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy. ~ George Gurdjieff

We're in a tight spot! ~ George Clooney

All are presumed good till they are found at fault. ~ George Herbert

The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth. ~ George Bernard Shaw

India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe. ~ George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon Of Kedleston

Your uncle Howard is one of the most harmless of men - much nicer than most professional people. Of course he does dreadful things as a judge; but then if you take a man and pay him 5,000 pounds a year to be wicked, and praise him for it, and have policemen and courts and laws and juries to drive him into it so that he can't help doing it, what can you expect? ~ George Bernard Shaw

The individual who desires to have his sins forgiven, must seek for it through the blood of Jesus. The individual who desires to get power over sin, must likewise seek it through the blood of Jesus. ~ George Muller

As a matter of fact, that was a bit of a problem for me at the beginning of my career - the problem of identification. In The Conversation I played a character who was gay, so nobody recognised me from American Graffiti. When I did Apocalypse Now, after Star Wars, I played an intelligence officer of the American army. George Lucas saw the footage I had done and didn't recognise me until halfway through the scene. ~ Harrison Ford

If only he had more humor, more life in him; that was what was needed here. Grim places needed lightening, not solemnity, ~ George R R Martin

Tits always look better in a pink sweater. ~ George Carlin

Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is. ~ George Foreman

And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop than at a curate. ~ George Orwell

We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head ~ George Hamilton

Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken. ~ Rose George

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it
are no longer the same interpreters. ~ George Eliot

We really don't need the United Nations approval to act. When it comes to our security, we do not need anyones permission. ~ George W. Bush

But we talk about issues, we talk about people, we talk about personalities. George is a very good reader of people, and he's very perceptive about people, and you know, that's fine. ~ Laura Bush

Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead. ~ George W. Bush

Proverbs 18:10, "The name of the LORD is a strong tower. ~ James MacDonald

Ships feare fire more then water.
[Ships fear fire more than water.] ~ George Herbert

The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got. ~ George A. Sheehan

The plain working truth is that it is not only good for people to be shocked occasionally, but absolutely necessary to the progress of society that they should be shocked pretty often. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Everything comes to light, Nancy, sooner or later. When God Almighty wills it, our secrets are found out. ~ George Eliot

Dorne has danced with dragons before," he said. "I would sooner sleep with scorpions. ~ George R.R. Martin

Choosing ... it has always hurt. And always will. I know. ~ George R R Martin

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it. ~ George Bernard Shaw

When I was a kid, everybody that played golf was an old man. Until Tiger showed up, they weren't in very good shape. ~ Norm MacDonald

Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then by stars at their nativities. ~ George Herbert

Few things are as stimulating as other people's calamities observed from a safe distance. ~ George Will

I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off. ~ George R R Martin

She's beautiful,' he murmured.
'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia.
'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston. ~ George Orwell

Our capitol punishment system is haunted by the demon of error- error in determining guilt, error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die ... The legislation couldn't reform it. Lawmakers won't repeal it. I won't stand for it. I had to act ... I am commuting the sentences of all death row inmates. ~ George Ryan

It is better - it shall be better with me because I have known you. ~ George Eliot

A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand. ~ George Herbert

To the relatively poor (who are so much worse off than the poor absolutely) education is in most cases a mocking cruelty. ~ George Gissing

Of course, if you're hoping for a perfect world, you're bound to be disappointed. But an interesting world
now that's doable. It's right here in front of you. ~ George Hammond

I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God, I will. ~ Edward Everett Hale

You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time. ~ George William Russell