Everything I eat has been proved by some writer or other to be a deadly poison. Everything I don't eat has been proved indispensable to life.… But I go marching on.

About George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman...

More quotations from George Bernard Shaw

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

—George Bernard Shaw

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

—George Bernard Shaw

I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

—George Bernard Shaw

temptation

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

—George Bernard Shaw

progress

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

—George Bernard Shaw

silence

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Everything I eat has been proved by some writer or other to be a deadly poison. Everything I don't eat has been proved indispensable to life. . . . But I go marching on.