George Bernard Shaw Quotes and SayingsGeorge Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) |
| It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. ~George Bernard Shaw England and America are two countries separated by a common language. ~George Bernard Shaw Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. ~George Bernard Shaw Lack of money is the root of all evil. ~George Bernard Shaw Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage -- it can be delightful. ~George Bernard Shaw When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ~George Bernard Shaw When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth. ~George Bernard Shaw This is the true joy in life -- being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one... ~George Bernard Shaw The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it. ~George Bernard Shaw Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. ~George Bernard Shaw Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ~George Bernard Shaw Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. ~George Bernard Shaw Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them. ~George Bernard Shaw Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. ~George Bernard Shaw Virtue is insufficient temptation. ~George Bernard Shaw Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life. ~George Bernard Shaw He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. ~George Bernard Shaw I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. ~George Bernard Shaw A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ~George Bernard Shaw Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. ~George Bernard Shaw Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. ~George Bernard Shaw You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. ~George Bernard Shaw Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. ~George Bernard Shaw If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ~George Bernard Shaw The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~George Bernard Shaw The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~George Bernard Shaw The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. ~George Bernard Shaw |