--- title: "6 Excuse Quotes By George Bernard Shaw" description: "6 Excuse quotes by George Bernard Shaw. Plus more from George Bernard Shaw and more Excuse sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/george-bernard-shaw-68_character_i-m-one-of-the-undeserving-poor-that-s-w_1324485.png" --- > [I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am. Think of what that means to a man. It means that he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-m-one-of-the-undeserving-poor-that-s-what-i-am-think-of-what-that-2/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/george-bernard-shaw-68_character_i-m-one-of-the-undeserving-poor-that-s-w_1324485.png) > [Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/cruelty-must-be-whitewashed-by-a-moral-excuse-and-pretense-of/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/george-bernard-shaw-68_animal-cruelty_cruelty-must-be-whitewashed-by-a-moral-e_1995863.png) > [When the horrors of anarchy force us to set up laws that forbid us to fight and torture one another for sport,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/when-the-horrors-of-anarchy-force-us-to-set-up-laws-that-forbid-us-to/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/george-bernard-shaw-68_anarchy_when-the-horrors-of-anarchy-force-us-to_2771472.jpg) > [The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-moment-we-face-it-frankly-we-are-driven-to-the-conclusion-that/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/george-bernard-shaw-68_cases_the-moment-we-face-it-frankly-we-are-dri_2784742.png) > [Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/man-gives-every-reason-for-his-conduct-save-one-every-excuse-for-his/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/george-bernard-shaw-68_coward_man-gives-every-reason-for-his-conduct-s_2975397.png) > [Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/well-sir-you-never-can-tell-that-s-a-principle-in-life-with-me-sir-if/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/george-bernard-shaw-68_excuse_well-sir-you-never-can-tell-that-s-a-pri_3000013.png) ## Other authors on Excuse ## 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/excuse/george-bernard-shaw/#itemlist", "name": "6 Excuse Quotes By George Bernard Shaw", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am. 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