George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, 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...
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
—Carl Sagan in Cosmos
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.