Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

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.

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,...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

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...

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.