Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

Most married couples spend the whole day apart, the woman in the house, the man in the office or study or workshop.

To a professional critic (I have been one myself) theatre-going is the curse of Adam. The play is the evil he is paid to endure in the sweat of his brow; and the sooner it is over, the better.

A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.

It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because they are politically ignorant, socially prejudiced, narrow-minded, and selfish. True enough, but precisely the same is true of men!

Paradoxes are the only truths.