Shaw Quotes

46 Shaw quotes by 42 unique authors

If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw. — James Herriot
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
I don't believe in morality . I'm a disciple of Bernard Shaw. — George Bernard Shaw
Like most lit nerds, I'm a voracious reader. I never got enough poetry under my belt growing up but I do read it - some… — Junot Diaz
But I still read Shaw on a regular basis. What I love is the nakedness of the polemic and the irresistible good humour. For me,… — Tony Kushner
Shaw is like a train. One just speaks the words and sits in one's place. But Shakespeare is like bathing in the sea - one… — Vivien Leigh
I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have… — Barbra Streisand
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
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
Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation. — David Baldacci
It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised… — J M Coetzee
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
She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat. Right at that moment, staring at her across… — Lisa Kleypas
Shaw...has a woman ever asked you to write a poem for her?" "Good God, no," Gideon replied with a snicker. "Shaws don't write poetry. They… — Lisa Kleypas
How shall I ever tell Aunt Shaw?' she whispered, after some time of delicious silence. 'Let me speak to her.' 'Oh, no! I owe it… — Elizabeth Gaskell
African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at… — Tracie Thoms
I spent six years touring the world playing Shakespeare, Molire, Shaw, Goldsmith... But I slowly came to realise that the people you are working with… — Stephen Mangan
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
P.G. Wodehouse was a huge influence on me when I was younger, as were Edgar Rice Burroughs and George Bernard Shaw. — Michael Moorcock
So, Shaw thinks gaining your heart's desire is a tragedy? Clearly, Shaw never kissed Erica Marsh. — Mouth McFadden

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