--- title: "8 Safe Quotes By George Bernard Shaw" description: "8 Safe quotes by George Bernard Shaw. Plus more from George Bernard Shaw and more Safe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/george-bernard-shaw-68_attention_the-notion-that-persons-should-be-safe-f_547575.jpg" --- > [The notion that persons should be safe from extermination as long as they do not commit willful murder, or levy war against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-notion-that-persons-should-be-safe-from-extermination-as-long-as/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/george-bernard-shaw-68_attention_the-notion-that-persons-should-be-safe-f_547575.jpg) > [I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-never-thought-much-of-the-courage-of-a-lion-tamer-inside-the-cage/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/george-bernard-shaw-68_courage_i-never-thought-much-of-the-courage-of-a_767772.png) > [I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-have-never-thought-much-of-the-courage-of-a-lion-tamer-inside-the/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/george-bernard-shaw-68_cages_i-have-never-thought-much-of-the-courage_1133816.jpg) > [If I refuse to allow my leg to be amputated, its mortification and my death may prove that I was wrong; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/if-i-refuse-to-allow-my-leg-to-be-amputated-its-mortification-and-my/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/george-bernard-shaw-68_death_if-i-refuse-to-allow-my-leg-to-be-amputa_1318224.png) > [Perhaps you know some well-off families who do not seem to suffer from their riches. They do not overeat themselves; they find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/perhaps-you-know-some-well-off-families-who-do-not-seem-to-suffer/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/george-bernard-shaw-68_children_perhaps-you-know-some-well-off-families_1536422.png) > [The practical question, then, is what to do with the children. Tolerate them at home we will not. Let them run loose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-practical-question-then-is-what-to-do-with-the-children-tolerate/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/george-bernard-shaw-68_children_the-practical-question-then-is-what-to-d_2066185.png) > [No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/no-king-on-earth-is-as-safe-in-his-job-as-a-trade-union-official/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/george-bernard-shaw-68_drink_no-king-on-earth-is-as-safe-in-his-job-a_2291579.png) > [Fear is choosing the safe course](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/fear-is-choosing-the-safe-course/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/george-bernard-shaw-68_choosing_fear-is-choosing-the-safe-course-2707442_2707442.png) ## Other authors on Safe ## 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/safe/george-bernard-shaw/#itemlist", "name": "8 Safe Quotes By George Bernard Shaw", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The notion that persons should be safe from extermination as long as they do not commit willful murder, or levy war against the Crown, or kidnap, or throw vitriol, is not only to limit social responsibility unnecessarily, and to privilege the large range of intolerable misconduct that lies outside them, but to divert attention from the essential justification for extermination, which is always incorrigible social incompatibility and nothing else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Bernard Shaw" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-notion-that-persons-should-be-safe-from-extermination-as-long-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/george-bernard-shaw-68_attention_the-notion-that-persons-should-be-safe-f_547575.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/george-bernard-shaw-68_attention_the-notion-that-persons-should-be-safe-f_547575.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/george-bernard-shaw-68_attention_the-notion-that-persons-should-be-safe-f_547575.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The notion that persons should be safe from extermination as long as they do not commit willful murder, or…” — George Bernard Shaw", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. 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