George Bernard Shaw

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Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment; unreasonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts of unreasonable men.

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gang9309 11 years, 1 month ago
Reasonable men adapt themselves to their environment, unresonable men try to adapt their environment to themselves. Thus all progress is the result of the efforts of unreasonable men.
umvard 12 years, 12 months ago
I'm really not sure whether to vote this up or down, depending on what point its trying to make. Is it saying that progress is bad? Or is it questioning what society calls "unreasonable?" Or something else?

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