There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWWe learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
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A drunken man is happier than a sober one.
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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
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Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
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The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
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In heaven an angel is no one in particular.
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If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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You see things; you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
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