Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Ripley

This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects.

George Orwell

A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him.

George R. R. Martin

The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James. James won, and it split literature into two streams. But it's a totally false dichotomy.

George R. R. Martin

It's not," Mormont told him. "Gods save us, boy, you're not blind and you're not stupid. When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?

George R. R. Martin

He is a man of the Night's Watch, She thought, as he sang about some stupid lady throwing herself off some stupid tower because her stupid prince was dead. The lady should go kill the ones who killed her prince. Arya Stark (page 514)

Jean Cocteau

The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.

Jean de la Bruyere

We meet With few utterly dull and stupid souls: the sublime and transcendent are still fewer; the generality of mankind stand between these two extremes: the interval is filled with multitudes of ordinary geniuses, but all very useful, and the ornaments and supports of the commonwealth.

George Carlin

Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.

George Carlin

Somehow I enjoy watching people suffer.

George Carlin

No one who has had "Taps" played for them has ever been able to hear it.

George Carlin

The best thing about living at the water's edge: You only have assholes on three sides of you, and if they come this way you can hear them splash.

George Carlin

Just think, right now as you read this, some guy somewhere is gettin' ready to hang himself.

George Carlin

If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends.

George Carlin

Most of the time people feel okay. Probably it's because at the moment they're not actually dying.

George Carlin

I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you know, you grow.

George Carlin

You can't fight City Hall, but you can goddamn sure blow it up.

George Carlin

Don Ho can sign autographs 3.4 times faster than Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

George Carlin

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

George Carlin

The main reason women are crazy, is that men are stupid.

George Carlin

If the cops didn't see it, I didn't do it!

George Carlin

No one knows what's next, but everybody does it.

George Carlin

If you've got a cat and a leg, you've got a happy cat. If you've got a cat and two legs, you've got a party.

George Carlin

Whoever coined the term "Buyer Beware" was probably bleeding from the asshole.

George Carlin

Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey.

George Carlin

Do you think Sammy Davis ate Junior Mints?

George Carlin

I don't have a fear of heights. I do, however, have a fear of falling from heights.

George Carlin

As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is.

George Carlin

I never joined the Boy Scouts. I don't trust any organization that has a handbook.

George Carlin

God bless the homicidal maniacs. They make life worthwhile.

George Carlin

I've never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade.

George Carlin

If a movie is described as a romantic comedy, you can usually find me next door playing pinball.

George Carlin

Hooray for most things!

George Carlin

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.