George Bernard Shaw | Every faltering regime
"Every faltering regime has tried to bind its subjects by war as a last resort."
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw | The longer I live, the more convinced am I
"The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum."
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw | We want a few mad people now
"We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!"
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw | I’m known for my irony
"I'm known for my irony. But the idea of erecting a Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor would not have occurred to even me."
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernhard Shaw | You have to choose between trusting
"You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the government. And, with due respect to these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold."
George Bernhard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw | The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings
"The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or otherwise strike the fancy of the electorate."
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw | In the Middle Ages people believed that the earth was flat
"In the Middle Ages people believed that the earth was flat, for which they had at least the evidence of their senses: we believe it to be round, not because as many as one per cent of us could give the physical reasons for so quaint a belief, but because modern science has convinced us that nothing that is obvious is true, and that everything that is magical, improbable, extraordinary, gigantic, microscopic, heartless, or outrageous is scientific."
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw | We are more gullible and superstitious today
"We are more gullible and superstitious today than we were in the Middle Ages, and an example of modern credulity is the widespread belief that the Earth is round. The average man can advance not a single reason for thinking that the Earth is round. He merely swallows this theory because there is something about it that appeals to the twentieth century mentality."
George Bernard Shaw