The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

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...

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

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

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

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...

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach

When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach