George Bernard Shaw

I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who
in his own selfish affairs is read more

I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who
in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will
fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if
you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do,
and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him
entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.

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

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

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.