As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.

A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral.

I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.

A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it.

Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.

Pessimism does win us great happy moments.

I am a Tory anarchist. I should like everyone to go about doing just as he pleased - short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed.