"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

"A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth." - George Bernard Shaw

"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them." - George Bernard Shaw

"Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life." - George Bernard Shaw

"Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads." - George Bernard Shaw

"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve." - George Bernard Shaw

"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few." - George Bernard Shaw

"Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week." - George Bernard Shaw

"Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich--something for nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - George Bernard Shaw