May you live in interesting times

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Living Quotes

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see...

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see...

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

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

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

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

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 often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an...

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.