All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Affection Quotes, Life Quotes

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

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

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

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me...

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me...

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.