The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Arguments Quotes, Belief Quotes

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

General consultant to mankind.

General consultant to mankind.

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men...

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men...

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...