Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the… — George Bernard Shaw Bible Copy Share Image
That is what all poets do: they talk to themselves out loud; and the world overhears them. But it's horribly lonely not… — George Bernard Shaw Lonely Copy Share Image
It seems as though every time you learn something new you have to give up something. — George Bernard Shaw Education Copy Share Image
“While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?” — George Bernard Shaw Ethics Copy Share Image
Not everybody is strong enough to endure life without an anesthetic. Drink probably averts more gross crime than it causes. — George Bernard Shaw Anesthetics Copy Share Image
A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than… — George Bernard Shaw Art Copy Share Image
It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference. — George Bernard Shaw Control Copy Share Image
“MRS PEARCE. Mr Higgins: you're tempting the girl. It’s not right. She should think of the future. HIGGINS. At her age! Nonsense!… — George Bernard Shaw Future Copy Share Image
There is the eternal war between those who are in the world for what they can get out of it and those… — George Bernard Shaw Better place Copy Share Image
Social progress takes effect through the replacement of all institutions by new ones; and since every institution involves the recognition of the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I am very subtle; but Man is deeper in his thought than I am. The woman knows that there is no such… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Then the violet coffin moved again and went in feet first. And behold! The feet burst miraculously into streaming ribbons of garnet… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“This is the true joy of life: the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being… — George Bernard Shaw Happiness Copy Share Image
No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
To disbelieve in marriage is easy: to love a married woman is easy; but to betray a comrade, to be disloyal to… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but… — George Bernard Shaw Fear Copy Share Image
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I was convinced that Ceylon is the cradle of the human race because everyone there looks an original. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy; and he concludes from this that the black is good… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it… — George Bernard Shaw Being Copy Share Image
The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it. — George Bernard Shaw Breathing Copy Share Image
First really like is just a little bit foolishness as well as a lot of curiosity. No actually self-respecting girl would reap… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. — George Bernard Shaw History Copy Share Image
Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your… — George Bernard Shaw Enemy Copy Share Image
It is long and hard and painful to create life: it is short and easy to steal the life others have made. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. — George Bernard Shaw Desire Copy Share Image
If you say that God is good, great, blessed, wise or any such thing, the starting point is this : God is. — George Bernard Shaw Blessed Copy Share Image
Love is an appetite which, like all other appetites, is destroyed for the moment by its gratification. — George Bernard Shaw Appetite Copy Share Image
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses is a libertine. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. — George Bernard Shaw Desire Copy Share Image
The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car. — George Bernard Shaw Bible Copy Share Image
A love affair should always be a honeymoon. And the only way to make sure of that is to keep changing the… — George Bernard Shaw Affair Copy Share Image
“It's unwise to be born; it's unwise to be married; it's unwise to live; and it's unwise to die. - Buhon” — George Bernard Shaw Death Copy Share Image
We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
