People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it
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
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it
Every anarchist is a baffled dictator
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none
Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance
Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people
Aspire to inspire before we expire
Never miss a good chance to shut up
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