I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today. ... I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much-needed peace and happiness.
George Bernard ShawWithout music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses.
George Bernard ShawIt is clear that a novel cannot be too bad to be worth publishing. . . . It certainly is possible for a novel to be too good to be worth publishing.
George Bernard ShawAmericans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.
George Bernard Shaw