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
O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between
You are my favorite distraction
Begin now to be what you will be hereafter
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not
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