"I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it."

"At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's."

"There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day."

"It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!"

"The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm."

"Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune."

"Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing."

"Nothing risque, nothing gained."