George Bernard Shaw

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Syllables govern the world.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.