FastSaying

Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

attributeddefinitionsdrinkingshaw-review-10

Related Quotes

The weak may not be admired and hero-worshipped; but they are by no means disliked or shunned; and they never seem to have the least difficulty in marrying people who are too good for them. They may fail in emergencies; but life is not one long emergency: it is mostly a string of situations for which no exceptional strength is needed, and with which even rather weak people can cope if they have a stronger partner to help them out.
— George Bernard Shaw
feminismgeorge-bernard-shawpygmalion
Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
— George Bernard Shaw
bernard-shawirishpigs
There are millions of vegetarians in the world but only one Bernard Shaw. You do not obtain eminence quite so cheaply as by eating macaroni instead of mutton chops.
— George Bernard Shaw
Bernard ShawDietFame
Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends.
— George Bernard Shaw
animalsattributed-no-sourcefriends
The problem with communication…is the illusion that is has been accomplished.
— George Bernard Shaw
contemporary-romancegeorge-bernard-shawkathy-l-wheeler