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
Love follows knowledge
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured
I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up
Nothing is ever too good to be true
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