George Bernard Shaw

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn’t be anything for us to do.

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them.

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.

Morality is suspecting other people of not being legally married.

She has taken a patronizing fancy to her father, the Admiral, who accepts her condescension gratefully as age brings more and more home to him the futility of his social position.

The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a years.

He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.