George Bernard Shaw
“The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.”
“The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.”
“I’m glad I didn’t have to fight in any war. I’m glad I didn’t have to pick up a gun. I’m glad I didn’t get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.”
“The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.”
“The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.”
“Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
“Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering.”
“Care and diligence bring luck.”
“A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.”
“I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.”
“The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.”