George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends read more
Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.
A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot,
his mother drudge for his living at read more
A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot,
his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at
anything but his art.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to read more
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to be quotable than to be honest. •Tom Stoppard Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. •Orson Welles Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth read more
I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who read more
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.
Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.rn
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.rn
My reputation grows with every failure.
My reputation grows with every failure.
If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat.
If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat.
