George Bernard Shaw Quotes

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'
George Bernard Shaw

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
George Bernard Shaw

Good, Great, Courage

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
George Bernard Shaw

Hate, Worst, Toward

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.
George Bernard Shaw

Food, Show, Few

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
George Bernard Shaw

Stupid, Duty, Ashamed

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
George Bernard Shaw

Failure, Work, Young

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
George Bernard Shaw

Thinking, Made, Two

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
George Bernard Shaw

Bad, Found, Temptation

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.
George Bernard Shaw

Knowledge, Fight, Battle

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.
George Bernard Shaw

Gardening, God, Best

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.
George Bernard Shaw

Learning, Dangerous, Risk

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
George Bernard Shaw

Men, Power, However

All great truths begin as blasphemies.
George Bernard Shaw

Great, Begin, Truths

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
George Bernard Shaw

Best, Children, Honesty

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.
George Bernard Shaw

Same, Socialism, English

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.
George Bernard Shaw

Nothing, Fashion, Epidemic

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.
George Bernard Shaw

Bad, Battle, Soul

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
George Bernard Shaw

Soul, Another, Earth

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.
George Bernard Shaw

Love, Perfect, Affair

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
George Bernard Shaw

Power, Self, Belief

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
George Bernard Shaw

Difficult, Loses, Occupied

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
George Bernard Shaw

Parenting, Fitness, Children

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.
George Bernard Shaw

Success, Greatest, Secret

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
George Bernard Shaw

Woman, Quarrel, Test

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
George Bernard Shaw

Moment, Become, Against

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Dramatist

Born: July 26, 1856

Died: November 2, 1950

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