G Quotes

In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence, the second listening, the third remembering, the fourth practicing, the fifth -- teaching others. -Ibn Gabirol, poet and philosopher (c. 1022-1058)

There is a word sweeter than mother, home or heaven -- That word is liberty. -Epitaph on the grave of Matilda Joslyn Gage, suffragist, abolitionist (1826-1898)

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. -Walter Gagehot

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. - John Kenneth Galbraith

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.-John Kenneth Galbraith

We have 2 classes of forecasters: Those who don't know . . . and those who don't know they don't know. - John Kenneth Galbraith

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.- John Kenneth Galbraith

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. - Galileo

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as it if had nothing else in the universe to do. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. -John Galsworthy, author, Nobelist (1867-1933)

Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere. -Dorothy Galyean

If you go into a situation with nothing planned, sometimes wonderful stuff happens. -Jerry Garcia

The society that scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.-John W. Gardner (1912-, American Educator, Social Activist)

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. -Indira Gandhi

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Indira Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool. -- Frank Garbutt

A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places. -Paul Gardner, painter

If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it. -Stanley Marion Garn, anthropologist (1922- )

I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset [Meditations on Quixote] (1883-1955)

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be. -Jose Ortega y Gasset

I shut my eyes in order to see. -Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought. -Francois Gautier, journalist (1950- )

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. -Theophile Gautier, writer (1811-1872)

Evil is like a shadow - it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it. -Shakti Gawain, teacher and author (1948- )

Live as you will have wished to have lived when you are dying. -Christian Furchtegott Gellert

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Statesman, Prime Minister

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. -Henry George

Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil. J. Paul Getty

I was never less alone than when by myself. -Edward Gibbon, historian (1737-1794)

Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931 Lebanese Poet, Novelist, Mystic, Dramatist, and Artist

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. -Andre Gide

You must allow people to be right, because it consoles them for not being anything else. -Andre' Gide

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. -Andre Gide, author, Nobel laureate (1869-1951)

Every civilizing step in history has been ridiculed as 'sentimental', 'impractical', or 'womanish', etc., by those whose fun, profit or convenience was at stake. -Joan Gilbert (1931- )

It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation. -Dr. Rob Gilbert

The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops through the conflict of viewpoints. -Walter Gilbert

Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone. -Roy R. Gilson

If moral behavior were simply following rules, we could program a computer to be moral. -Samuel P. Ginder, US navy captain

Only the mediocre are always at their best. -Jean Giraudoux

If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive. ~ Bhagavad-Gita ~ c. BC 400-, Sanskrit Poem Incorporated Into the Mahabharata

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. -Ellen Glasgow, novelist (1874-1945)

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. -Arnold H. Glasow

Think of challenging the wrongs in this world as a relay race, you can only hold the baton for so long, then it must be handed over, because you do not have the time or energy to finish the race on your own. -Ira Glasser

The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much. -Germain G. Glien

Just remember--when you think all is lost, the future remains. -Bob Goddard

I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money. -Arthur Godfrey, television host, entertainer (1903-1983)

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. -Gail Godwin

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist and Philosopher

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. -Vincent van Gogh, painter (1853-1890)

If you feel that you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you. -Robert Goheen, President, Princeton University

A doctor saves lives--it's up to people to create lives that are worth saving. -Philip Gold, immunologist

Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand.-William G. Golding, novelist (1911-1993)

There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another. -Emma Goldman, social activist (1869-1940)

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry. -Oliver Goldsmith

If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive. -Samuel Goldwyn

If I look confused it's because I'm thinking. -Samuel Goldwyn

I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs. -Samuel Goldwyn

My two favorite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library. -Peter Golkin, museum spokesman (1966- )

The impossible is often the untried. -Jim Goodwin

Life is mostly froth and bubble, / Two things stand like stone, / Kindness in another's trouble, / Courage in your own. -Adam Lindsay Gordon, poet (1833-1870)

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery. -Maxim Gorky, author (1868-1936)

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it. -Baltasar Gracian, philosopher and writer (1601-1658)

A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. -Samuel Grafton

When we ask advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. -Marquis de la Grange

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are. -Cary Grant, actor (1904-1986)

When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are. -R. H. Grant

Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought. -Graham Greene, novelist and journalist (1904-1991)

Security is when everything is settled. When nothing can happen to you. Security is the denial of life. -Germaine Greer

One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in. -Wayne Gretzky

You gotta dance like nobody's watching, dream like you will live forever, live like your going to die tomorrow and love like it's never going to hurt. -Meme Grifsters

Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. -Lewis Grizzard

Life is like a dog-sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. -Lewis Grizzard

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.-Barbara Grizzuti Harrison {American Author & Publicist}

By trying to make things easier for their children parents can make things much harder for them. -Mardy Grothe, psychologist and author (1942- )

The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day. -M. Grundler

There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world. -Marguerite Guardiner, writer (1789-1849)