--- title: "8 Tired Quotes By George Bernard Shaw" description: "8 Tired quotes by George Bernard Shaw. Plus more from George Bernard Shaw and more Tired sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/george-bernard-shaw-68_active_the-secret-of-being-miserable-is-to-have_517375.png" --- > [The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-secret-of-being-miserable-is-to-have-leisure-to-bother-about/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/george-bernard-shaw-68_active_the-secret-of-being-miserable-is-to-have_517375.png) > [A man is like a phonograph with half-a-dozen records. You soon get tired of them all; and yet you have to sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/a-man-is-like-a-phonograph-with-half-a-dozen-records-you-soon-get/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/george-bernard-shaw-68_dozen_a-man-is-like-a-phonograph-with-half-a-d_648389.jpg) > [People get tired of everything, and of nothing sooner than of what they most like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/people-get-tired-of-everything-and-of-nothing-sooner-than-of-what/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/859/george-bernard-shaw-68_boredom_people-get-tired-of-everything-and-of-no_736422.png) > [You don't get tired of muffins, but you don't find inspiration in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/you-don-t-get-tired-of-muffins-but-you-don-t-find-inspiration-in-them/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/george-bernard-shaw-68_inspiration_you-don-t-get-tired-of-muffins-but-you-d_1139061.png) > [Men get tired of everything, of heaven no less than of hell; and that all history is nothing but a record of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/men-get-tired-of-everything-of-heaven-no-less-than-of-hell-and-that/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/george-bernard-shaw-68_always-moving_men-get-tired-of-everything-of-heaven-no_1353621.jpg) > [And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/and-so-to-the-end-of-history-murder-shall-breed-murder-always-in-the/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/george-bernard-shaw-68_blood_and-so-to-the-end-of-history-murder-shal_1405491.png) > [Nietzche . . . he was a confirmed Life Force worshipper. It was he who raked up the Superman, who is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/nietzche-he-was-a-confirmed-life-force-worshipper-it-was-he-who-raked/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/george-bernard-shaw-68_20th-century_nietzche-he-was-a-confirmed-life-force-w_2033580.png) > [People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/people-always-get-tired-of-one-another-i-grow-tired-of-myself/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1eb/george-bernard-shaw-68_certain_people-always-get-tired-of-one-another-i_2641223.png) ## Other authors on Tired ## 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/tired/george-bernard-shaw/#itemlist", "name": "8 Tired Quotes By George Bernard Shaw", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. 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