The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Arguments Quotes, Belief Quotes

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

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

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

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

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...

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...

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...

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

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.

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

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...