The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity.
I’m only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler. I don’t like beer.
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
Alcohol is a very necessary article… it enables Parliament to do things at eleven that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.
He’ll probably never write a good play again. (on hearing that Eugene O’Neill had sworn off drinking)
You see things: and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were: and say ‘Why not?’
If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman’s pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.
