--- title: "4 Hats Quotes By George Bernard Shaw" description: "4 Hats quotes by George Bernard Shaw. Plus more from George Bernard Shaw and more Hats sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/george-bernard-shaw-68_clever_the-poor-silly-clever-irishman-takes-off_830570.png" --- > [The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-poor-silly-clever-irishman-takes-off-his-hat-to-god-s-englishman/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/george-bernard-shaw-68_clever_the-poor-silly-clever-irishman-takes-off_830570.png) > [Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/give-me-the-artist-who-breathes-it-like-a-native-and-goes-about-his/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/george-bernard-shaw-68_art_give-me-the-artist-who-breathes-it-like_1220756.jpg) > [If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/if-a-woman-rebels-against-high-heeled-shoes-she-should-take-care-to/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a6/george-bernard-shaw-68_care_if-a-woman-rebels-against-high-heeled-sh_2675904.png) > [We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/we-cut-the-throat-of-a-calf-and-hang-it-up-by-the-heels-to-bleed-to/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/george-bernard-shaw-68_animal_we-cut-the-throat-of-a-calf-and-hang-it_3225523.jpg) ## Other authors on Hats - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-philip-treacy-75416.jpg) Philip Treacy 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/philip-treacy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-walt-whitman-94308.jpg) Walt Whitman 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/walt-whitman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-theophilus-london-90113.jpg) Theophilus London 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/theophilus-london/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richelle-mead-78985.jpg) Richelle Mead 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/richelle-mead/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-atwood-63354.jpg) Margaret Atwood 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/margaret-atwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brandon-sanderson-19210.jpg) Brandon Sanderson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hats/brandon-sanderson/) ## 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/hats/george-bernard-shaw/#itemlist", "name": "4 Hats Quotes By George Bernard Shaw", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Bernard Shaw" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-poor-silly-clever-irishman-takes-off-his-hat-to-god-s-englishman/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/george-bernard-shaw-68_clever_the-poor-silly-clever-irishman-takes-off_830570.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/george-bernard-shaw-68_clever_the-poor-silly-clever-irishman-takes-off_830570.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/george-bernard-shaw-68_clever_the-poor-silly-clever-irishman-takes-off_830570.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman.” — George Bernard Shaw", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. 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