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
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once
A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates
The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us
One hand has surely worked throughout the universe
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