Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do. George Moore More Quotes by George Moore More Quotes From George Moore A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore Nothing is more depressing than the conviction that one is not a hero. George Moore A person travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore A great artist is always before his time or behind it. George Moore After all there is but one race -- humanity. George Moore Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end. George Moore If there were no husbands, who would look after our mistresses? George Moore No place in England where everyone can go is considered respectable. George Moore Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality? George Moore Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell. George Moore Self esteem is the dough that makes us rise to the top, or fall to the bottom of the heap ~ Tiffani S. Hall, American Poet & Writer George Moore Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism. George Moore The difficulty in life is the choice. George Moore The poor would never be able to live at all if it were not for the poor. George Moore There is nothing so consoling as to find one's neighbor's troubles are at least as great as one's own. George Moore