George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.
Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.
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.
The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while read more
The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.
Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and
brought up in its air is Irish. read more
Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and
brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived for twenty years in
Ireland and for seventy-two in England; but the twenty came first
and in Britain I am still a foreigner and shall die one.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people read more
Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious.
No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing
without work.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing
without work.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
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.
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the read more
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
