Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Silence Quotes

It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's...

It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's...

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,...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the...

Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the...

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next...

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next...

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

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.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

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,...

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

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.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.