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.
We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession.
We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession.
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.
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, read more
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.
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
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have
only shifted it to another shoulder.
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have
only shifted it to another shoulder.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
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.
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.
