He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty. — George Bernard Shaw Crime Copy Share Image
Where equality is undisputed, so also is subordination. — George Bernard Shaw Equality Copy Share Image
“Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.” — George Bernard Shaw Books Copy Share Image
I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life. — George Bernard Shaw Advantage Copy Share Image
The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above… — George Bernard Shaw Communication Copy Share Image
When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty. — George Bernard Shaw Beauty Copy Share Image
There are only two classes in good society in England: the equestrian classes and the neurotic classes. — George Bernard Shaw Class Copy Share Image
The more a man possesses over and above what he uses, the more careworn he becomes. — George Bernard Shaw Greatness Copy Share Image
If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I was always unlawful; I broke the law when I was born because my parents weren't married. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If you go to Heaven without being naturally qualified for it you will not enjoy yourself there. — George Bernard Shaw Death Copy Share Image
“Every star has its own orbit; and between it and its nearest neighbor there is not only a powerful attraction but an… — George Bernard Shaw Astronomy Copy Share Image
Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I object to publishers: the one service they have done me is to teach me to do without them. They combine commercial… — George Bernard Shaw Art Copy Share Image
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. The people who get on in this world are they who get… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“PICKERING:Excuse the straight question, Higgins. Are you a man of good character where women are concerned? HIGGINS [moodily]:Have you ever met a… — George Bernard Shaw Good character Copy Share Image
She is immensely interested in him. She has even secret mischievous moments in which she wishes she could get him alone, on… — George Bernard Shaw Common man Copy Share Image
As you say, I am honoured and famous and rich. But as I have to do all the hard work, and suffer… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Whenever an obviously well founded statement is made in England by a person specially well acquainted with the facts, that unlucky person… — George Bernard Shaw England Copy Share Image
“NORA [looking earnestly and a little doubtfully at him]. Surely if you let one woman cry on you like that you'd never… — George Bernard Shaw First love Copy Share Image
“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… — George Bernard Shaw Character Copy Share Image
“Under Socialism, you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you… — George Bernard Shaw Capitalism Copy Share Image
We are compelled by the theory of God's already achieved perfection to make Him a devil as well as a god, because… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“...Hell is the home of the unreal and of the seekers for happiness. It is the only refuge from heaven, which is,… — George Bernard Shaw Eternal Copy Share Image
Unbounded hopes were placed on each successive extension of the electoral franchise, culminating in the enfranchisement of women.These hopes have been disappointed,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that fine art is the subtlest, the most seductive, the most effective instrument of moral propaganda in the world,… — George Bernard Shaw Art Copy Share Image
“Playing! The hardest job I ever tackled: make no mistake about that, mother. But you have no idea how frightfully interesting it… — George Bernard Shaw Failure Copy Share Image
Assassination on the scaffold is the worst form of assassination. — George Bernard Shaw Assassination Copy Share Image
“A solider always assumes that he is going to shoot, not to be shot.” — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is feeling that sets a man thinking, and not thought that sets him feeling. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them. — George Bernard Shaw Book Copy Share Image
All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds. — George Bernard Shaw Disease Copy Share Image