I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Criticism Quotes, Government Quotes

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

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...

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful...

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful...

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

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

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 gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

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.

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a...

There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a...