Top 100 Quotes About George Best: Famous Quotes & Sayings About George Best

#1. Drink,Drugs and shagging models.
The rest I just wasted.'
George Best on where his millions went.

#2. I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

#3. After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from the favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left back. I would love him to save me a place in his team, George Best that is, not God.

Eric Cantona

#4. Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.

Johan Cruijff

#5. George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final.

Franz Beckenbauer

#6. George Best was the greatest player in the world.

Pele

#7. The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we came from the same place, play for the same club and were discovered by the same man

Norman Whiteside

#8. There's no way Ryan Giggs is another George Best. He's another Ryan Giggs

Denis Law

#9. I would be very proud if, one day, I'm held in the same esteem as George Best or Beckham. It's what I'm working hard towards.

Cristiano Ronaldo

#10. I've had to deal with everything but everyone has helped me, including Sir Alex Ferguson, to get through. George Best was a good friend of mine. We loved each other, we both knew where we were coming from.

Paul Gascoigne

#11. Pele wasn't as gifted as George Best and I would definitely put George above Johan Cruyff because he had more heart,

Johnny Giles

#12. Cristiano Ronaldo's was the most exciting debut I've ever seen. There have been a few players described as 'The New George Best' over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me.

George Best

#13. They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?

George Best

#14. Ronaldo has been compared to the incomparable George Best

David Pleat

#15. Like [George] Best, there is a special fantasia about him

Fabio Capello

#16. People always say it's a shame someone as talented as Ryan Giggs or George Best before him never played in a World Cup or European Championship and I don't want my name to be added to that list.

Barry Ferguson

#17. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

George Gordon Byron

#18. Never ride your horse more than five-and-thirty miles a day, always taking more care of him than of yourself; which is right and reasonable, seeing as how the horse is the best animal of the two.

George Henry Borrow

#19. All that is known for sure is that endometriosis is endemic and that it cannot be cured. Management is the best hope. This makes for treatments that are, if I am being polite, based on trial and error. If I am feeling less generous, they are shots in the dark.

Rose George

#20. I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn't identify with the person on the screen. I couldn't get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else.

George Best

#21. The person I enjoy working for more than anyone else is George Lucas. He's the best boss I ever had because he's the most talented boss I ever had.

Steven Spielberg

#22. We make a living by what we give; and live a life by what we have yet to give.

George Alexiou

#23. The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail.

George Washington

#24. Love is more than feelings, yet feelings are important.
Love is more than words, yet words are important.
Love is a commitment to do, say and be the best you you can be for someone else.

Manuela George-Izunwa

#25. Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep. In the still dark hours before sunrise God tells me of the plans I am to fulfill.

George Washington Carver

#26. Joy is the best of wine.

George Eliot

#27. Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.

George R R Martin

#28. The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

George MacDonald

#29. You have to keep your goal in mind and never lose sight of it. I envisioned myself winning the heavyweight title for ten years before I actually captured it. If you're not driven to do your best, you'll never reach the level of excellence in your life.

George Foreman

#30. The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love do not require coupons.

George Hewitt Myers

#31. punishment had not been spared--with best results in patience and purification

George MacDonald

#32. In those things toward which we exerted our best endeavors we succeeded.

George S. Clason

#33. Even with the best of intentions, even when they're very smart and knowledgeable - as opposed to George W., who is neither - it doesn't seem to matter.

Robert Scheer

#34. As we look into the future, it's as far as we can see. So let's make each tomorrow be the best that it can be.

George Strait

#35. Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown;
Both most are valued where they best are known.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

#36. I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.

George W. Bush

#37. Our lives are like the talents in the parable of the three stewards. It is something that has been given to us for the time being and we have the opportunity and privilege of doing our best with this precious gift.

George Vaillant

#38. The best lies contain within them nuggets of truth, enough to give a listener pause.

George R R Martin

#39. You can do the best science in the world but unless emotion is involved it's not really very relevant. Conservation is based on emotion. It comes from the heart and one should never forget that.

George Schaller

#40. When you see a threat, you just can't hope for the best in this day and age, where terrorists are capable of inflicting damage on the homeland.

George W. Bush

#41. God always wants what's best for us, just as you want what's best for someone you really love. You put them before you, and God does that too. God puts us before His Son, who He sacrificed for our salvation. But the Son did it voluntarily because He has the love of the Father before us.

Francis George

#42. You might reduce Lombardi's coaching philosophy to a single sentence: In any game, you do the things you do best and you do them over and over and over.

George Halas

#43. I am thoroughly tired of the fable style of narrative and shall do my best to get up something entirely different and possibly little more worthy.

George Ade

#44. Then Snowball (for it was Snowball who was best at writing) took a brush between the two knuckles of his trotter, painted out MANOR FARM from the top bar of the gate and in its place painted ANIMAL FARM. This was to be the name of the farm from now onwards.

George Orwell

#45. A similar statement appears in the US Strategic Bombing Survey Summary Report (European War) (30 September 1945): The great lesson to be learned in the battered towns of England and the ruined cities of Germany is that the best way to win a war is to prevent it from occurring.

George C. Marshall

#46. Despite what The Wall Street Journal says, our awards are the best-kept secret in America, with the possible exception of what George W. Bush did in the '70s.

Billy Crystal

#47. The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,

George R R Martin

#48. If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make; But the great souldier's honour was compos'd Of thicker stuf, which would endure a shake. Wisdom picks friends; civility plays the rest; A toy shunn'd cleanly passeth with the best.

George Herbert

#49. My one big regret is that I didn't play on for 10 more years.

George Best

#50. I'm the luckiest man alive, this is the best day of my life.

George Strait

#51. Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if they were moving toward a set goal.

George Gaylord Simpson

#52. A king had best know the names of his enemies, don't you think?

George R R Martin

#53. Vulgarity is a necessary part of a complete author's equipment; and the clown is sometimes the best part of the circus.

George Bernard Shaw

#54. I always wanted more - more of everything.

George Best

#55. Battle ... brings out all that is best.

George S. Patton

#56. Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights.

George B. McClellan

#57. It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

George MacDonald

#58. What was the best thing before sliced bread?

George Carlin

#59. Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.

George Herbert

#60. Pain is temporary, glory ... lasts forever!

George Best

#61. Even at the height of my fame, 50 per cent of the people who saw me wanted a fight; it's the downside of being a star player.

George Best

#62. My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.

George Washington

#63. When the choice is debt or death, best borrow.

George R R Martin

#64. I think that Hassan Nasrallah is the best leader in the Muslim world.

George Galloway

#65. It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays; for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists. They

George Orwell

#66. My best and worst boss was the same man - my father. He never - and I mean never - took 'I can't' for an answer. He taught me the value system that, to this day, I have continued to practice.

George Steinbrenner

#67. Bible worship, though at its best it may achieve sublimity by keeping its head in the skies, may also make itself both ridiculousand dangerous by having its feet off the ground.

George Bernard Shaw

#68. If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.

George Bernard Shaw

#69. It is not easy to make the best of both worlds when one of the worlds is preaching a Class War, and the other vigorously practising it.
- Shaw's Preface

George Bernard Shaw

#70. I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best.

George W. Bush

#71. You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.

George R R Martin

#72. Snow, the boy is called," Pycelle said unhelpfully. "I glimpsed him once at Winterfell," the queen said, "though the Starks did their best to hide him. He looks very like his father." Her husband's by-blows had his look as well, though at least Robert had the grace to keep them out of sight.

George R R Martin

#73. We increased expenses, particularly in two areas: the military. If I put somebody in harm's way, they're going to get the best, as far as I'm concerned.

George W. Bush

#74. We have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil ... The best way to break this addiction is through technology

George W. Bush

#75. I used to go missing a lot ... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.

George Best

#76. Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can.

George Allen, Sr.

#77. I don't think you need to spend $40 million to be creepy. The best horror films are the ones that are much less endowed.

George A. Romero

#78. In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed toward the organization and administration of the Government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable.

George Washington

#79. If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.

George Lucas

#80. I wanted to be the best street fighter in Houston, Texas. And I thought if I got a trophy or two, I'd go back home, and everyone would be afraid of me. I had one fight in '67, the first one. In '68 of October, I was an Olympic gold-medalist, a dream come true, with a total of 25 boxing matches.

George Foreman

#81. The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a parent.

George Bernard Shaw

#82. It needs to be said, over and over again, that Stan the Man was voted by 'The Sporting News' as the best baseball player of the postwar decade, from 1946 through 1955.

George Vecsey

#83. An all-volunteer army is best suited to fight the new wars of the 21st century.

George W. Bush

#84. Old fashioned as it may seem to some, it is my duty to serve my country. (And) I didn't seek this job but I want to do it, and I will do my very best.

George H. W. Bush

#85. 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

#86. My father was a lawyer and to my best knowledge nobody in my family before had interest in science.

George Andrew Olah

#87. The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is - not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself.

George MacDonald

#88. Man's life is but a jest,
A dream, a shadow, bubble, air, a vapor at the best.

George Walter

#89. That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.

George Herbert

#90. A real friend is one who helps us to think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves.

Elizabeth George

#91. The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.

George A. Sheehan

#92. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual
Way to enslave them.

George Mason

#93. Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

George Carlin

#94. Gotta have my make up, in case I run into Joey and he wants to beat the shit out of me. Gotta look my best! Maybe he'll punch me repeatedly in the kidneys and the stomach so it doesn't mark up my face. He's so thoughtful!

George Carlin

#95. My attitude is that when we put a youngster in harm's way, somebody who wears our nation's uniform in harm's way, he or she deserves the absolute best.

George W. Bush