We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn
Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it
To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit
Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country
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