No public man in these islands ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means.
Published on June 21, 2016 , under Quotes
Source: George Bernard Shaw, “The Living Pictures”, The Saturday Review, LXXIX (April 6, 1895), 443.
Complete Sentence: But no public man in these islands ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means; and I have no reason to hope that Mr Coote may be an exception to the rule.