George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
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.
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.
When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did read more
When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work.
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.
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not read more
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not done.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
that is real about us; ashamed of read more
We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything
that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of
our incomes, of our accents, of our opinion, of our experience,
just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world
Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.