George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.George Bernard Shaw
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.George Bernard Shaw
While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?George Bernard Shaw
Swindon What will history say Burgoyne History, sir, will tell lies as usual.George Bernard Shaw
Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about They are more true they are the only things that are true.George Bernard Shaw
The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.George Bernard Shaw
When the world goes mad, one must accept madness as sanity since sanity is, in the last analysis, nothing but the madness on which the whole world happens to agree.George Bernard Shaw
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.George Bernard Shaw
I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.George Bernard Shaw
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.George Bernard Shaw
Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.George Bernard Shaw
The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.George Bernard Shaw
Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.George Bernard Shaw
A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.George Bernard Shaw
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.George Bernard Shaw
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.George Bernard Shaw
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.George Bernard Shaw
All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.George Bernard Shaw
Virtue is insufficient temptation.George Bernard Shaw
Lack of money is the root of all evil.George Bernard Shaw
Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.George Bernard Shaw
The love of money is the root of all virtue.George Bernard Shaw
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.George Bernard Shaw
Hell is full of musical amateurs.George Bernard Shaw
Do you know what a pessimist is A man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.George Bernard Shaw
All professions are conspiracies against the laity.George Bernard Shaw
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.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 power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.George Bernard Shaw
The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.George Bernard Shaw
Hell is full of musical amateurs music is the brandy of the damned.George Bernard Shaw
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.George Bernard Shaw
I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.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
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.George Bernard Shaw
Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols, or bombs without incurring any penalties.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
