The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.


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I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.
GEORGE BURNS
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could ...
GEORGE BURNS
I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
GEORGE BURNS
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
GEORGE BURNS
It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and ...
GEORGE BURNS
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at somethin...
GEORGE BURNS
I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
GEORGE BURNS
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on ...
GEORGE BURNS
Weather forecast for tonight: dark.
GEORGE CARLIN
I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they ...
GEORGE JONES
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right...
GEORGE LUCAS
I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within you...
GEORGE STEVENS
The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The...
GEORGE LUCAS
Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship mu...
GEORGE AYITTEY
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past,...
GEORGE SANTAYANA
I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gat...
WALLY GEORGE
I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation.
WALLY GEORGE
I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, ma...
GEORGE GROSZ
I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
INARA GEORGE
I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that'...
INARA GEORGE
I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A l...
INARA GEORGE
The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.
GEORGE OSBORNE
In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political iss...
GEORGE ORWELL
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of a...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The status quo sucks.
GEORGE CARLIN
The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on.
GEORGE SEWELL
Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
GEORGE GISSING
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a r...
GEORGE ORWELL
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirte...
GEORGE BURNS
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
GEORGE COLMAN
We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al ...
GEORGE TENET
In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and eve...
GEORGE GURDJIEFF
Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul.
GEORGE CARMAN
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
GEORGE CARLIN
Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every libera...
GEORGE MASON
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.
GEORGE MILLER
All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using...
GEORGE LUCAS
No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.
GEORGE CHAKIRIS
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come ...
GEORGE ELIOT
Winter dressing is all about having chic outerwear.
GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS
You know what I've kind of come to realize is that I'm a huge Drew Barrymore rom-com fan. Th...
GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS
It's better if you have a strong opinion on any talk show.
GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS