Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Silence Quotes

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

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

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

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

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....

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,...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you...

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...