G Quotes
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“George's son had done his work so thoroughly that he was considered too good a workman to live, and was, in fact, taken and tragically shot at twelve o'clock that same day—another instance of the untoward fate which so often attends dogs and other philosophers who follow out a train of reasoning to its logical conclusion, and attempt perfectly consistent conduct in a world made up so largely of compromise.”
Source: Far from the Madding Crowd: Works of Hardy
“George's voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before. 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to.”
Source: The Short Novels of John Steinbeck: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“George, if you had to do it all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?”
“George, it's impossible to correct a defective reality-orientation overnight.”
“George, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of the truth, maybe shame the Devil just a little bit before we go.”
Source: Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy:
“George, who is out somewhere there in the dark, who is good to me - whom I revile, who can keep learning the games we play as quickly as I can change them. Who can make me happy and I do not wish to be happy. And yes, I do wish to be happy. George and Martha: Sad, sad, sad. Whom I will not forgive for having come to rest; for having seen me and having said: “Yes, this will do”. Who has made the hideous, the hurting, the insulting mistake of loving… me, and must be punished for it. George and Martha… Sad, sad, sad.”
“George, your reckless and wanton foreign policies killed my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, in the illegal and unjust war on Iraq. Helping to bring about your political downfall will be the most noble accomplishment of my life, and it will bring justice for my son and the hundreds of other brave Americans and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis your lies have killed.”
“George,” said Fred, “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education.” “Yeah, I’ve been feeling that way myself,” said George lightly.”
“George: "I can't see anyone trying to bump off a quidditch team." Fred: "Wood might've done the Slytherins if he could've got away with it.”
“George: 'Ringo would always say grammmatically incorrect phrases and we'd all laugh. I remember when we were driving back to Liverpool from Luton up the M1 motorway in Ringo's Zephyr, and the car's bonnet hadn't been latched properly. The wind got under it and blew it up in front of the windscreen. We were all shouting, 'Aaaargh!' and Ringo calmly said, 'Don't worry, I'll soon have you back in your safely-beds.”
“George: [On the 'Two Virgins' cover] 'What I thought of the sleeve then was the same as I think now: it's just two not-very-nice-looking bodies, two flabby bodies naked. It's harmless, really - different strokes for different folks.”
“George: Why've you had a grudge against your brother for 15 years? Benny: We Lopezes are a proud people... George: You have a birthday lunch at Denny's every month. We're not that proud!”
“Georges Sorel, to whom fascism is so much indebted, wrote at the beginning of our century that all great movements are compelled by 'myths.' A myth is the strongest belief held by the group, and its adherents feel themselves to be an army of truth fighting an army of evil. Some years earlier, in 1895, the French psychologist Gustav Le Bon had written of the 'conservatism of crowds' which cling tenaciously to traditional ideas. Hitler took the basic nationalism of the German tradition and the longing for stable personal relationships of olden times, and built upon them as the strongest belief of the group. In the diffusion of the 'myth' Hitler fulfilled what Le Bon had forecast: that 'magical powers' were needed to control the crowd. The Fuhrer himself wrote of the 'magic influence' of mass suggestion and the liturgical aspects of his movement, and its success as a mass religion bore out the truth of this view.”
Source: Nazi Culture: Intellectual, Cultural and Social Life in the Third Reich
“Georgetown. Alonzo was the guy I always heard about. I've always wanted to measure myself against the best.”
“Georgia attacked her dinner prep more aggressively than usual. As she saw it, there were two kinds of chefs. First, there were the cerebral types, who cooked with an intellectual, almost academic, bent. They cooked with precision and accuracy, studying a particular ingredient's effects in multiple settings before introducing it into their kitchen. These chefs loved the science of food. Fastidious in their pre-prep prep, they knew with 99 percent accuracy that a dish would turn out well. Then there were the chefs who worked from the heart. Who were furious when a dish fizzled, chopped angrily at the food as if it were their enemy, but on a good day could coax such sensuous, sublime flavors from a paltry potato and a handful of herbs that no diner would suspect its humble origins. When they hit, they hit big. But when they fell, it was like a sequoia cracking open in the redwood forest.”
Source: Georgia's Kitchen
“Georgia Author Brenda Sutton Rose captures some of the conflicted and captivating characters of a rapidly changing South.”
“Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.”
“Georgia does NOT regulate Atlanta roofing companies for designated trade licensing. That means when you’re searching the internet for common key words such as “Roof Repair Near Me“, do your homework! Hire the right local roofing company to complete any roof repairs to your estate.”
“Georgia Dome was a pretty big eye opener that I had something kind of going in the right direction. It seemed like a movement, and I was greatly appreciative for the chants and the signs.”
“Georgia gulped as the entire doorway suddenly filled with a man she didn't recognize. She'd been expecting Jesper MacMillian.
This was definitely not Jesper MacMillian.
This man had a rich black complexion. His head was bald- whether by nature or design, she couldn't be sure. Tiny studs flashed in his ears. He wore a beautiful black suit, painstakingly tailored to fit his massive shoulders. Dark tattoos curled just above his pressed white collar, and down below the edges of his cuffs.
His face was neither kind nor unkind. He studied her with vague disinterest, his eyes quiet and guarded beneath solid brows.”
Source: Season Of The Witch
“Georgia has been on the fringes of competitive for a while now because of its black population and growing Hispanic community. The white vote is aligning more and more with Republicans, however, which has made it hard for Democrats to win. But, Donald Trump is not someone who sells well to suburban Atlanta whites, giving Hillary Clinton an in there.”
“Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we cant rest on our laurels.”
“Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.”
“Georgia, Liam, me.
Together
we are three.
A prime number, indivisible,
because nothing can break us apart.
Except maybe swim camp.
Or summer school.
And possibly the Hoard.”
Source: Worst-Case Collin
“Georgia Rae Layton, I've loved yous since the very first day I set eyes on you and your pink polka dot knickers. You are my world. I know we're young, but I love you, Gia. I want to make beautiful babies with you. I know people are going to be against this, but they don't know what we know, and they don't feel what we feel. I want to grow old with you, G, and I want to marry you. Please, would you do me the honour of becoming my wife?”
Source: The Story of Us
“Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.”
“Georgia turns to wave one last time.
My lips form the word Kalamazoo.
I see Georgia through the passenger window.
Kalamazoo, too! she mouths.”
Source: Worst-Case Collin
“Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles.”
“Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.”
Source: The House: Its Origins and Evolution
“Georgian England, to see those wonderful houses being built. And the clothes were interesting too, although I wouldn't want to wear a wig. It's also the most beautiful period of English landscape gardening. They had famous gardeners like Capability Brown.”
“Georgian film is a completely unique phenomenon, vivid, philosophically inspiring, very wise, childlike. There is everything that can make me cry and I ought to say that it (my crying) is not an easy thing.”
“Georgian society can no longer be divided. I don't want to see our country's best minds leaving the country to try their luck abroad.”
“Georgie Gust is the part of me I miss. Ben is the part I hate.”
Source: Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography
“Georgie,' he said. Then he kissed her. That was it, really. That was when she added Neal to the list of things she wanted and needed and was bound to have someday. That's when she decided that Neal was the person who was going to drive on those overnight trips. And Neal was the one who is going to sit next to her at the Emmys. He kissed her like he was drawing a perfectly straight line. He kissed her in India ink. That's when Georgie decided, during that cocksure kiss, that Neal was what she needed to be happy.”
Source: Landline
“Georgie, I've got it," she said. "I've guessed what it means."
Now though Georgie was devoted to his Lucia, he was just as devoted to inductive reasoning, and Daisy Quantock was, with the exception of himself, far the most powerful logician in the place.
"What is it, then?" he asked.
"Stupid of me not to have thought of it at once," said Daisy. "Why, don't you see? Pepino is Auntie's heir, for she was unmarried, and he's the only nephew, and probably he has been left piles and piles. So naturally they say it's a terrible blow. Wouldn't do to be exultant. They must say it's a terrible blow, to show they don't care about the money. The more they're left, the sadder it is. So natural. I blame myself for not having thought of it at once...”
Source: Lucia in London
“Georgie paused on the threshold for a moment as if hesitant to enter the habitation of such a perjurer lest it should be struck by lightning.”
Source: Lucia Triumphant
“Georgie Porgie, he might buy the whole league, but he doesn't have enough money to buy fear to put in my heart.”
Source: Pedro
“Georgie's eyelids lowers dangerously. "The thing about meditation is that it works best if people don't tell you you're doing it wrong.”
Source: Ghosts of Greenglass House
“Georgie took out her phone. 'I want to take a picture of you two.' She held up her phone and motioned for us to get together.
Darcy and I lined up against the railing. 'No, I need you closer together to get you both in the photo,' she instructed.
I had taken countless pictures on the waterfront and I knew that if you were getting the skyline in the background, you didn't need to be that close.
Darcy put his arm around my shoulder and we leaned in. I slipped my arm around his waist and I noticed how easily I fit into the little nook on his side.
'Oh, hold on, I'm having problems.' Georgie played with her phone for a few moments while we just stood there in our posed embrace.
'Georgie...'
She looked up at her brother and blushed. 'Um, I think it works now.”
Source: Prom & Prejudice
“Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.”
Source: Magic Gifts: A Kate Daniels Novella
“Georgina," He murmured, pulling me closer. "You are the world.”
Source: Succubus Heat
“Geosynastry is a study of how a person or one's personality relates to a physical geographic area and its energies.”
“Geppetto remembered then that she had asked for a figurine. "What shall I carve you?"
Chiara thought for a moment. "A dove," she said finally. "It's what my mamma and papa used to call me when I was little---because I'd bring peace between Ily and Nico." The nickname made her smile. "And it's my favorite bird.”
Source: When You Wish Upon a Star
“Ger,” he said. “My cousin Ger. Yours too by adoption. Remember him? The one you have yet to meet.”
“What about him?” “Pay attention. I said I can get him to beta read for you.”
“What? Why?”
“Why not? He’s got plenty of practice. His little sister, Bonnie, forces him to beta read all her namby pamby stuff. We can slip your draft into the stack and see what he has to say. Be warned though. He makes Bonnie cry.”
“Does he?”
“Uh-huh. He’s like Pa in that regard. They expect perfection everywhere and they can’t lie their way out of a paper bag when they encounter imperfection. So, won’t be great for your morale or anything, but your draft will get pounded into shape.”
Source: The Sunshine Time - Season 1 Episode 15
“Ger-mans love the ambiguous word, verbal assonances as ends in themselves,vague concepts. Anglosaxons are more clear.”
“Gera knyga, Markusai, tai knyga, kurią baigus skaityti mus suima gailestis”
Source: La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert
“Gerade jetzt behauptete die Seiko, dass es zweiundsechzig Minuten nach vierzig am Mittwoch, Donnerstag und Samstag im Dezember und März war.”
Source: The Waste Lands
“Gerade Künstler mit zwanghaftem Arbeitstrieb wie Mozart oder Balzac bedurften der gewaltsamen Losreißung vom Werk. Mozart erholte sich vom Klavierspiel beim Glücksspiel, Balzac erholte sich in der eleganten Welt von der Welt, beide starben dann an ihren Erholungen.”
Source: Die Maßgaben der Kunst
“Gerald and I saw the Azore Islands, Talcahuano, Tumbez, San Francisco, and Nome from afar while the captain and officers rowed to shore for fresh food and fresh whalers. Even at Nome, not two days ago, Gerald and I watched the Alaskan town from the ship.
We saw Talcahuano at night, the town alive with lights and torches. We heard music across the water. People celebrated an event on shore. We thought it might be a wedding. We imagined walking the clay, brick roads, ordering crabs and clams near the sea, sampling the local exotic fruits and plants growing in their vibrant colors and prickly skins, and of course, seducing the dark- skinned indigenous women emanating macadamia oil, musk, and leafy air. Merihim laughed at our children’s eyes and said to act like men, not like guttersnipes at a bakery window.”
Source: Sivulliq: Ancestor
“Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother.”