The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Progress Quotes, Reason Quotes, World Quotes

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

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

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

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

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

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

May you live in interesting times

May you live in interesting times

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...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

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...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Life is not an easy matter...You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and...

Life is not an easy matter...You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and...