Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels. — George Bernard Shaw Christianity Copy Share Image
Assasination on the scaffold is the worst form of assasination, because there it is invested with the approval of society. — George Bernard Shaw Approval Copy Share Image
Of all the anti-social vested interests the worst is the vested interest in ill-health. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Shall I turn up the light for you? No, give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light. — George Bernard Shaw Darkness Copy Share Image
The road to ignorance is paved with good editions. Only the illiterate can afford to buy good books now. — George Bernard Shaw Book Copy Share Image
Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. — George Bernard Shaw Human race Copy Share Image
“I have always made you my companions and friends, and allowed you perfect freedom to do and say whatever you liked, so… — George Bernard Shaw Freedom Copy Share Image
Live in contact with dreams and you will get something of their charm: live in contact with facts and you will get… — George Bernard Shaw Brutal Copy Share Image
You have set up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor: he took my measure anew every time he saw me, whilst all the… — George Bernard Shaw Change Copy Share Image
Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in… — George Bernard Shaw Advantage Copy Share Image
The popular definition of tragedy is heavy drama in which everyone is killed in the last act, comedy being light drama in… — George Bernard Shaw Comedy Copy Share Image
Make it compulsory for a doctor using a brass plate to have inscribed on it, in addition to the letters indicating his… — George Bernard Shaw Brass Copy Share Image
Life on board a pleasure steamer violates every moral and physical condition of healthy life except fresh air. . . . It… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won't listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I… — George Bernard Shaw Baby Copy Share Image
The only fundamental and possible socialism is the socialisation of the selective breeding of man. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first. — George Bernard Shaw Ethics Copy Share Image
The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Journalists are too poorly paid in this country to know anything that is fit for publication. — George Bernard Shaw Country Copy Share Image
Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor. — George Bernard Shaw Genius Copy Share Image
You practically do not use semicolons at all. This is a symptom of mental defectiveness, probably induced by camp life. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I'm glad he's hungry. Not that I want him to suffer, poor chap! But then he'll enjoy eating me much more. There's… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles. — George Bernard Shaw Assassination Copy Share Image
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. — George Bernard Shaw Ashamed Copy Share Image
Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen. — George Bernard Shaw Epidemics Copy Share Image
“Galatea never does quite like Pygmalion: his relation to her is too godlike to be altogether agreeable.” — George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion Copy Share Image
Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles. — George Bernard Shaw Life Copy Share Image
I am a brigand: I live by robbing the rich.' 'I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor. — George Bernard Shaw Gentleman Copy Share Image
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. — George Bernard Shaw Animal Copy Share Image
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. — George Bernard Shaw Animal Copy Share Image
We are not taught to think decently on sex subjects, and consequently we have no language for them except indecent language. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all. — George Bernard Shaw Character Copy Share Image
A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage. — George Bernard Shaw Common sense Copy Share Image
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not. — George Bernard Shaw Dream Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen. — George Bernard Shaw Friend Copy Share Image
Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen. — George Bernard Shaw Ancient greek Copy Share Image
