Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

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

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

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...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

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 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...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances....

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances....

Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are...

Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and Im not sure about the...

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and Im not sure about the...