"Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways of Providence with drunken skippers is to run them on the rocks.
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“If you cannot attain knowledge without torturing a dog, you must do without knowledge.”
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”
“You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage. You are my divinity, my madness, my selfishness, my transfiguration and purification. You are my rapscallionly fellow vagabond, my tempter and star. I want you.”
More on Responsibility
“I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.”
“If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves”
“Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.”
More on Consequences
“When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention.”
“The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.”
“Nothing very new. By taking good care of yourselves you are of service to me and my family as well as yourselves, no matter what you do, even if you don't think so at present. But if you neglect yourselves and are unwilling to live, as though following tracks, in accordance with what we now say and have said in the past too, then no matter how much or how seriously you agree with me at present you will accomplish next to nothing.”