When the world goes mad, one must accept madness as sanity since sanity is, in the last analysis, nothing but the madness on which the whole world happens to agree.
George Bernard Shaw
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
Lack of money is the root of all evil.
George Bernard Shaw
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
George Bernard Shaw
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
George Bernard Shaw
The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor he takes my measure anew every time he sees me, whilst all the rest go on with their old measurements, and expect them to fit me.
George Bernard Shaw
We don’t bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don’t dress well and we’ve no manners.
George Bernard Shaw
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
George Bernard Shaw
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
George Bernard Shaw
All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
George Bernard Shaw