Bernard Shaw Quotes
19 quotes by 17 authors
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George Bernard Shaw was right. He summed it all up when he said: "The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother…
— Dale Carnegie
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As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends like him.
— Oscar Wilde
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Those were the days in this country where H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw and Conan Doyle could have influence, and thats gone, thats true. But…
— Julian Barnes
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At 83, George Bernard Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.
— Alexander Woollcott
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I made use of the college library by borrowing books other than scientific books, such as all of the plays by George Bernard Shaw, the…
— Linus Pauling
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Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is…
— David Low
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During the last decades, films about the black experience have been produced, directed, and even scripted by white men. Some of them are excellent. But…
— Ishmael Reed
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Why aren't people more successful? Because most people do not select and pursue a vision without regard for other objectives. Most people shift from one…
— Ari Kiev
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The greatest artists, saints, philosophers, and, until quite recent times, scientists... have all assumed that the New Testament promise of eternal life is valid.... I'd…
— Malcolm Muggeridge
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In two thousand years all our generals and politicians may be forgotten, but Einstein and Madame Curie and Bernard Shaw and Stravinsky will keep the…
— Anthony Burgess
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If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw.
— James Herriot
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George Bernard Shaw of England stopped over just long enough to make one speech in Bombay, India, started a war and 100 Indians killed each…
— Will Rogers
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I don't believe in morality . I'm a disciple of Bernard Shaw.
— George Bernard Shaw
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While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he…
— George Bernard Shaw
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If a man called Christmas Day a mere hypocritical excuse for drunkenness and gluttony, that would be false, but it would have a fact hidden…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Erik Erikson has commented: Potentially creative men like (Bernard) Shaw build the personal fundament of their work during a self-decreed moratorium, during which they often…
— Lewis Hyde
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There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs, H. G. Wells,…
— Luke Harding
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P.G. Wodehouse was a huge influence on me when I was younger, as were Edgar Rice Burroughs and George Bernard Shaw.
— Michael Moorcock
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If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
— George Bernard Shaw
Who Wrote These Bernard Shaw Quotes
17 authors contributed a total of 19 Bernard Shaw Quotes as follows: