Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Silence Quotes

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.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are...

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

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,...

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.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

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

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

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

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

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

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity...

Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity...

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

He who gives his heart will not deny his money.

The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.

The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.