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

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

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

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

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

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

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

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...

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...

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

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...

The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most...

The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most...

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.