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Gabor, Zsa Zsa : Macho does not prove mucho. (Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite, 1917-2016)

Galbraith, John Kenneth : Washington D.C. is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. (John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. Canadian-born economist, public official, diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, 1908-2006)

Gallienne, Eva Le : Innovators are inevitably controversial. (Eva Le Gallienne, British-born U.S. stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author, 1899-1991)

Galsworthy, John : One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth what one becomes. (John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1867-1933)

Galsworthy, John : The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. (John Galsworthy, English author, Nobel Prize winner, 1867-1933)

Gamow, George : It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man! (George Gamow, Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist, 1904-1968)

Gamow, George : It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man! (George Gamow, Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist, 1904-1968)

Gandhi, Mahatma : As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : Parties on either side who follow the rule of an �eye for an eye� soon find themselves totally blind. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : If we are to reach real peace in this world . . . we shall have to begin with the children. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Indira : I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles. But today it means getting along with people. (Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India, 1917-1984)

Gandhi, Mahatma : First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you . . . and you win. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : In a gentle way, you can shake the world. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : Parties on either side who follow the rule of an 'eye for an eye' soon find themselves totally blind. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : There is more to life than increasing its speed. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : Earth has enough for every man's need, but not for every man's greed. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : If we are to reach real peace in this world . . . we shall have to begin with the children. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : Until people have loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist, and Confucian. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : The moral progress of a nation can be judged by the way it treats its animals. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence are wealth without work; pleasure without conscience; knowledge without character; commerce without morality; science without humanity; worship without sacrifice; and politics without principle. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Gandhi, Mahatma : An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948)

Ganz, Marshall : No longer can inequality in economic resources balance equality in political resources. (Marshall Ganz, U.S. national social organizer, Born 1943)

Ganz, Marshall : Democracy is a system of constructive contention. (Marshall Ganz, U.S. national social organizer, Born 1943)

Ganz, Marshall : No longer can inequality in economic resources balance equality in political resources. (Marshall Ganz, U.S. national social organizer, Born 1943)

Gardiner, Marguerite : There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. (Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess, 1789-1849)

Gardner, John : Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. (John Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1912-2002)

Gardner, John : Sometimes our institutions [the schools] are like sand dunes in the desert-shaped more by influences than purposes. (John Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1912-2002)

Gardner, John : Sometimes our institutions, the schools, are like sand dunes in the desert�shaped more by influences than purposes. (John Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1912-2002)

Gardner, John W. : Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. (John W. Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1912-2002)

Gardner, John : Sometimes our institutions (the schools) are like sand dunes in the desert-shaped more by influences than purposes. (John Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1912-2002)

Gardner, Herbert : Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything. (Herbert Gardner, U.S. commercial artist, cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter, 1934-2003)

Garfield, James A. : A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. (James A. Garfield, U.S. politician and 20th president of the United States, serving only six and a half months until his death by assassination 1831-1881 )

Garfield, James A. : Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests. (James A. Garfield, U.S. politician and 20th president of the United States, serving only six and a half months until his death by assassination 1831-1881 )

Garrison, William Lloyd : I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard. (William Lloyd Garrison, U.S. abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer, 1805-1879)

Gascoigne, Caroline L. : An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won. (Caroline L. Gascoigne, 19th-century English poet and novelist, 1813-1883)

Gass, William H. : The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. (William H. Gass, U.S. writer and professor, Born 1924)

Gates, Kevin : I stopped explaining myself when I realized people only understand from their level of perception. (Kevin Gates, U.S. rapper, singer, and entrepreneur, Born 1986)

Gates, Melinda : Goals are only wishes unless you have a plan. (Melinda Gates, U.S. businesswoman and philanthropist, Born 1964)

Gaulle, Charles De : Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first. Nationalism is when hate for people other than your own comes first. (Charles de Gaulle, French military general and statesman. founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the President of France, 1890-1970)

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

Gawain, Shakti : Evil is like a shadow - it has no real substance of its own; it is simply a lack of light. In order to cause a shadow— or evil—to disappear, you must shine light on it. (Shakti Gawain, U.S. author and teacher, Born 1948)

Gawain, Shakti : 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, by stamping on it. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it. (Shakti Gawain, U.S. author and teacher, Born 1948)

Gay, John : There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self. (John Gay, English poet and dramatist, 1685-1732)

Gay, John : There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self. (John Gay, English poet and dramatist, 1685-1732)

Gay, John : Shadow owes its birth to light. (John Gay, English poet and dramatist, 1685-1732)

Geiger, H. Jack : Of all the injuries inflicted by racism on people of color, the most corrosive is the wound within, the internalized racism that leads some victims . . . to embrace the values of their oppressors. (H. Jack Geiger, U.S. medical doctor, and founding member and past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Born 1926)

Geisel, Theodor Seuss : Why fit in when you were born to stand out? (Theodor Seuss Geisel [pen name of Dr. Seuss], U.S. political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books, 1904-1991)

Geisel, Theodor Seuss : How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. (Theodor Seuss Geisel [pen name of Dr. Seuss], U.S. political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books, 1904-1991)

Geisel, Theodor Seuss : Why fit in when you were born to stand out? (Theodor Seuss Geisel [pen name of Dr. Seuss], U.S. political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books, 1904-1991)

Geisel, Theodor Seuss : Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. (Theodor Seuss Geisel [pen name of Dr. Seuss], U.S. political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books, 1904-1991)

Gellert, Christian Furchtegott : Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying. (Christian Furchtegott Gellert, German poet, 1715-1769)

George, Henry : Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes. (Henry George, U.S. economist, journalist, and philosopher, 1839-1897)

George, David Lloyd : Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. (David Lloyd George, British politician who served as the Prime Minister during World War I, 1863-1945)

George, David Lloyd : 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, British politician who served as the Prime Minister during World War I, 1863-1945)

George, David Lloyd : 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, British politician who served as the Prime Minister during World War I, 1863-1945)

George, Henry : Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes. (Henry George, U.S. socialist economist and journalist, 1839-1897)

George, Henry : That amid our highest civilization men faint and die with want is not due to the niggardliness of nature, but to the injustice of man. (Henry George, U.S. socialist economist and journalist, 1839-1897)

Gharibian, Murad : We live in a world in which we have more diatribe and less dialogue. (Murad Gharibian, U.S. dentist, Born 1969)

Giacomini, Lynwood L. : Poverty - one thing money can't buy. (Lynwood L. Giacomini, U.S. publishing representative and a bibliophile, 1913-1991)

Gibbon, Edward : I was never less alone than when by myself., (Edward Gibbon, English historian, writer and Member of Parliament, 1737-1794)

Gibbon, Edward : I was never less alone than when by myself. (Edward Gibbon, English historian, Member of Parliament, and writer of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1737-1794)

Gibbs, William : The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts. (William Gibbs, English businessman, 1790=1875)

Gibran, Kahlil : The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Progress lies not in what is enhancing, but in advancing of what will be. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Forgetfulness is a form of freedom. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Love is trembling happiness. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : We wanderers begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist, and Syrian nationalist, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Let there be spaces in your togetherness. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gibran, Kahlil : Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

Gide, Andre : It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. (Andre Gide, French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951)

Gide, Andre : One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. (Andre Gide, French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951)

Gide, Andre : One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the home shorefor a very long time. (Andre Gide, French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951)

Gide, Andre : Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! (Andre Gide, French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951)

Gide, Andre : One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the home shore. (Andre Gide, French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951)

Gide, Andre : Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live. (Andre Gide, French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951)

Gide, Andre : I had rather be hated for what I am than be loved for what I am not. (Andre Gide, French author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1869-1951)

Gilbert, W.S. : My object is . . . To let the punishment fit the crime. (W.S. Gilbert, English dramatist, librettist, poet, and illustrator, 1836-1911)

Gingrich, Newt : Great progress flows from once laughable ideas - such as moon colonization. (Newt Gingrich, U.S. politician, Born 1943)

Giovanni, Nikki : Reading print is one form of literacy, but there are many types of literacy. Some indigenous groups such as native Americans can read the clouds, or Pacific Islanders are said to be able to read the waves and swells of the ocean. (Nikki Giovanni, U.S. poet, writer, activist, and educator, Born 1943)

Girardin, Madame De : Instinct is the nose of the mind. (Madame de Girardin, French author, 1804-1855)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : All some folks want is their fair share and yours. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Half a psychiatrist's patients see him because they are married - the other half because they're not. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : A true friend never gets In your way unless you happen to be going down. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Improvement begins with I. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Half a psychiatrist's patients see him because they are married - the other half because they're not. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Improvement begins with I. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Glasow, Arnold H. : Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)

Godard, Jean-luc : A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order. (Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss film director and screenwriter, Born 1930)

Godin, Andre : The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions. (Andre Godin, French industrialist, writer, political theorist, and social innovator, 1817-1888)

Godwin, Gail : Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. (Gail Godwin, U.S. author whose novels have included five best-sellers, 1937)

Goethe, Johann Von : Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. (Johann von Goethe, German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

Goethe, Johann Von : As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. (Johann von Goethe, German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

Goethe, Johann Von : The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. (Johann von Goethe, German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

Goethe, Johann Von : The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. (Johann von Goethe, German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

Goethe, Johann Von : Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers. (Johann von Goethe, German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

Goethe, Johann Von : Treat people as if they were what they should be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming. (Johann von Goethe, German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

Gogh, Vincent Van : The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. (Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of modern Western art, 1853-1890)

Gogh, Vincent Van : Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow. (Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of modern Western art, 1853-1890)

Gogol, Nikolai : Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty. (Nikolai Gogol, Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin, 1809-1852)

Goldberg, Arthur : If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. (Arthur Goldberg, U.S. statesman, jurist of the U.S. Court, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1908-1990)

Golden, Kc : Waiting for consensus about how fast the earth is warming before acting is like being on a plane falling from the sky and bickering about the rate of descent. (KC Golden, U.S. climate advocate, policy architect, and recipient of the Heinz Award for Public Policy)

Golding, William : There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not. (Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, French author of memoirs and aphorisms, 1613-1680Patriotism: The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for. (Laurence J. Peter, Canadian educator and author, as well as the creator of the Peter Principle, 1919-1990Kindness: Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. (Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, 1709-1784Art: Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery. (William Golding, British novelist, playwright, poet, and Nobel laureate, 1911-1993)

Golding, William : Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery. (William Golding, British novelist, playwright, poet, and Nobel laureate, 1911-1993)

Golding, William : Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand. (William Golding, British novelist, playwright, poet, and Nobel laureate, 1911-1993)

Goldman, Emma : If the U.S. entered the war WWI to make the world safe for democracy, she needed first to make democracy safe in America. (Emma Goldman, Russian-American writer and lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, 1869-1940)

Goldman, Emma : If the U.S. entered the war [WWI] to make the world safe for democracy, she needed first to make democracy safe in America. (Emma Goldman, Russian-American writer and lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, 1869-1940)

Goldoni, Carlo : He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices. (Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and librettist, 1707-1793)

Goldsmith, Oliver : Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law. (Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish writer and physician, 1730-1774)

Goldsmith, Sir James : Tolerance is a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness. (Sir James Goldsmith, Anglo-French financier and politician, 1933-1997)

Gordon, Barbara : I just want to make sure my life doesn't end with a whine. (Barbara Gordon, fictional superhero appearing in U.S. comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero 'Batman'.)

Goring, Hermann : The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. (Hermann Goring, German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, 1893-1946)

Goring, Hermann : The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. (Hermann Goring, German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, 1893-1946)

Gould, Stephen Jay : The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best -- and therefore never scrutinize or question. (Stephen Jay Gould, U.S. paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science, 1941-2002)

Gould, Stephen Jay : The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos. (Stephen Jay Gould, U.S. paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science, 1941-2002)

Gourmont, Rimy De : Of all sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity. (Rimy de Gourmont, French poet, novelist, and influential critic, 1858-1915)

Gourmont, Remy De : It is fairly obvious that those who are in favour of the death penalty have more affinity with assassins than those who are not. (Remy de Gourmont, French Symbolist poet, novelist, and critic, 1858-1915)

Gracian, Baltasar : The greatest wisdom often consists in ignorance. (Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658)

Gracian, Baltasar : When you counsel someone, you should . . . be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see. (Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658)

Gracian, Baltasar : Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. (Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658)

Gracian, Baltasar : There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. (Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher, 1601-1658)

Graeber, David : Freedom is the ability to all agree to arrange things in a different way. (David Graeber, U.S.-born British anthropologist and anti-anarchist, Born 1961)

Graeber, David : Freedom is the ability to all agree to arrange things in a different way. (David Graeber, U.S.-born British anthropologist and anti-anarchist, Born 1961)

Graham, Ruth : Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. (Ruth Graham, U.S. Christian author, most well known as the wife of evangelist Billy Graham, 1943-2007)

Gray, Farrah : Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. (Farrah Gray, U.S. businessman and author, Born 1984)

Grayson, David : We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. (David Grayson, U.S. journalist and historian, 1870-1946)

Great, Catherine The : Power without [the people's] confidence is nothing. (Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796, the country's longest-ruling female leader, under whose reign Russia became revitalized and recognized as one of the great powers of Europe., 1729-1796)

Green, Benny : A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. (Benny Green, hard bop jazz pianist, Born 1963)

Gregory, Dick : I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. (Dick Gregory, U.S. comedian, civil rights activist, social critic, and writer who mocked bigotry and racism, 1932-2017)

Grenfell, Wilfred : The service we render others is really the rent we pay for our room on Earth. (Wilfred Grenfell, British medical missionary to Newfoundland, 1865-1940)

Guevara, Ernesto Che : At the risk of sounding ridiculous, the true revolutionary is moved by feelings of love. (Ernesto Che Guevara, Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist, 1928-1967)

Guicciardini, Francesco : Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states. (Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and statesman, 1483-1540)

Guinan, Texas : A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. (Texas Guinan, U.S. actress, producer, and entrepreneur, 1884-1933)

Gutmann, Amy : If politics is the art of the possible, compromise is the artistry of democracy. (Amy Gutmann, U.S. Professor of Political Science and President of the University of Pennsylvania, Born 1949)

Gutmann, Amy : If politics is the art of the possible, compromise is the artistry of democracy. (Amy Gutmann, U.S. Professor of Political Science and President of the University of Pennsylvania, Born 1949)

Gutmann, Amy : Principles should be guideposts, not roadblocks. (Amy Gutmann, U.S. Professor of Political Science and President of the University of Pennsylvania, Born 1949)

Gyatso, Tenzin : The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

Gyatso, Tenzin : In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

Gyatso, Tenzin : Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

Gyatso, Tenzin : Everyone is broken by life, but afterward many are strong in the broken places. (Ernest Hemingway,U.S. author and journalist, 1899-1961Equality: The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

Gyatso, Tenzin : There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience, and recent scientific findings. (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

Gyatso, Tenzin : In taming our inner dragons, the energy of old and, often, unconscious habits and personal complexes may too frequently overpower our fragile intentions. (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Chinese spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Born 1935)

Gyllenhaal, Jake : Freedom is on the other side of discipline. (Jake Gyllenhaal, U.S. actor, Born 1980)

Gyllenhaal, Jake : I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician who served as the 16th U.S. President, 1809-1865Justice: I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician who served as the 16th US President, 1809-1865Discipline: Freedom is on the other side of discipline. (Jake Gyllenhaal, U.S. actor, Born 1980)