It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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,...

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

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

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

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...

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

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 possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

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...

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

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.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...