The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
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
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
Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words
I have lots of hidden talents, the problem is even I can't find them
Let us endeavor so to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry
A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence
I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith
You can never turn your back on the ocean
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