George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then
Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then
Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are
disgraced by the inferior.
Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are
disgraced by the inferior.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only read more
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
