The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.
George Bernard ShawEverything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on.
George Bernard ShawAll autobiographies are lies. I do not mean unconscious, unintentional lies: I mean deliberate lies.
George Bernard ShawWhen God created man and woman, he did not take a patent. That's why any imbecile has been able to do so ever since.
George Bernard ShawThere are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.
George Bernard ShawHollywood keeps before its child audiences a string of glorified young heroes, everyone of whom is an unhesitating and violent Anarchist. His one answer to everything that annoys him or disparages his country or his parents or his young lady or his personal code of manly conduct is to give the offender a "sock" in the jaw.... My observation leads me to believe that it is not the virtuous people who are good at socking jaws.
George Bernard Shaw