Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

If everybody minded their own business, said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, the world...

If everybody minded their own business, said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, the world...

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance,...

The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance,...

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...