--- title: "7 Capitalist Quotes By George Bernard Shaw" description: "7 Capitalist quotes by George Bernard Shaw. Plus more from George Bernard Shaw and more Capitalist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/george-bernard-shaw-68_capitalist_golf-is-typical-capitalist-lunacy-688592_688592.png" --- > [Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/golf-is-typical-capitalist-lunacy/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/george-bernard-shaw-68_capitalist_golf-is-typical-capitalist-lunacy-688592_688592.png) > [Capitalism drives the employers to do their worst to the employed, and the employed to do the least for them. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/capitalism-drives-the-employers-to-do-their-worst-to-the-employed-and/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/george-bernard-shaw-68_boast_capitalism-drives-the-employers-to-do-th_1773988.jpg) > [If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/if-at-age-20-you-are-not-a-communist-then-you-have-no-heart-if-at-age/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/george-bernard-shaw-68_age_if-at-age-20-you-are-not-a-communist-the_1858083.png) > [Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/capitalism-has-destroyed-our-belief-in-any-effective-power-but-that/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/george-bernard-shaw-68_affected_capitalism-has-destroyed-our-belief-in-a_1872269.jpg) > [ All industries are brought under the control of such people \[film producers\] by Capitalism. If the capitalists let themselves be seduced from… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/all-industries-are-brought-under-the-control-of-such-people-film/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/george-bernard-shaw-68_art_all-industries-are-brought-under-the-con_2928018.png) > [Golf is typical capitalist luncay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/golf-is-typical-capitalist-luncay/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/george-bernard-shaw-68_capitalist_golf-is-typical-capitalist-luncay-295845_2958455.png) > [You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/you-have-to-choose-between-trusting-to-the-natural-stability-of-gold/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/george-bernard-shaw-68_advise_you-have-to-choose-between-trusting-to-t_2967439.png) ## Other authors on Capitalist ## More by George Bernard Shaw > [I love little children too but I don't cut off their heads and stick them in vases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-love-little-children-too-but-i-don-t-cut-off-their-heads-and-stick/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/blasphemy-and-sedition-meaning-the-truth-about-church-and-state/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/in-the-arts-of-life-man-invents-nothing-but-in-the-arts-of-death-he/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution. I desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/my-religious-convictions-and-scientific-views-cannot-at-present-be/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/what-a-man-believes-may-be-ascertained-not-from-his-creed-but-from/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage. You are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/you-are-my-inspiration-and-my-folly-you-are-my-light-across-the-sea/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/men-have-to-do-some-awfully-mean-things-to-keep-up-their/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [The schoolmaster is the person who takes the children off the parents' hands for a consideration. That is to say, he establishes a child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-schoolmaster-is-the-person-who-takes-the-children-off-the-parents/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/as-long-as-i-have-a-want-i-have-a-reason-for-living-satisfaction-is/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure without asking that figure to take its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-camera-can-represent-flesh-so-superbly-that-if-i-dared-i-would/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool. Any man who is still communist at the age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/a-man-who-is-not-a-communist-at-the-age-of-twenty-is-a-fool-any-man/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/but-to-admire-a-strong-person-and-to-live-under-that-strong-person-s/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/socialism-is-the-same-as-communism-only-better-english/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [The person who is ignorant enough to believe that his nourishment depends on meat is in a horrible dilemma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-person-who-is-ignorant-enough-to-believe-that-his-nourishment/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) > [In the arts of peace Man is a bungler.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/in-the-arts-of-peace-man-is-a-bungler/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalist/george-bernard-shaw/#itemlist", "name": "7 Capitalist Quotes By George Bernard Shaw", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Bernard Shaw" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/golf-is-typical-capitalist-lunacy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/george-bernard-shaw-68_capitalist_golf-is-typical-capitalist-lunacy-688592_688592.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/george-bernard-shaw-68_capitalist_golf-is-typical-capitalist-lunacy-688592_688592.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/george-bernard-shaw-68_capitalist_golf-is-typical-capitalist-lunacy-688592_688592.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.” — George Bernard Shaw", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Capitalism drives the employers to do their worst to the employed, and the employed to do the least for them. 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