Quote of George Bernard Shaw - The single biggest problem in communication...
Biography - George Bernard Shaw:
Irish playwright critic and polemicis.
Born: 1856 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1856 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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Quotes for: illusion
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Quotes for: problem
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.
The solution to the problem, which you see in life, lies in living in a way that makes the problems disappear.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
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