George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Irish - Dramatist July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950 Read full biography

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. - George Bernard Shaw

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw

Wisdom, Future, Wise, Responsibility

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw

Change, Progress, Impossible, Without

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. - George Bernard Shaw

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw

Communication, Problem, Illusion, Place

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

Life, Mistakes, Doing, Making Mistakes

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. - George Bernard Shaw

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. George Bernard Shaw

Art, Mirror, Soul, Face, You, See

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. - George Bernard Shaw

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw

Learning, You, Long, Pig, Dirty, Never

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. - George Bernard Shaw

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. George Bernard Shaw

Wisdom, Knowledge, Ignorance, Dangerous

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. - George Bernard Shaw

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. George Bernard Shaw

Life, Alcohol, Endure, Anesthesia, Which

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. - George Bernard Shaw

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. George Bernard Shaw

Success, Time, Mistakes, Making Mistakes

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. - George Bernard Shaw

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. George Bernard Shaw

Yourself, World, Window, Better, You

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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw

Grow, Stop, Old, Playing, Because

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. George Bernard Shaw

Learning, History, Man, Experience, Must

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

Life, Yourself, Finding, Creating, About

You cannot be a hero without being a coward. - George Bernard Shaw

You cannot be a hero without being a coward. George Bernard Shaw

Hero, You, Without, Coward, Being

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. - George Bernard Shaw

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. George Bernard Shaw

Family, Funny, Dance, You, May, Well

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. - George Bernard Shaw

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. George Bernard Shaw

World, Gentleman, Out, More, Takes, Who

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. - George Bernard Shaw

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. George Bernard Shaw

Silence, Perfect, Expression, Most

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - George Bernard Shaw

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. George Bernard Shaw

Democracy, Government, Election, Corrupt

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life. - George Bernard Shaw

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life. George Bernard Shaw

Life, Home, Great, Hotel, Refuge

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open. George Bernard Shaw

Marriage, Anniversary, Man, Sleep, Woman

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. - George Bernard Shaw

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. George Bernard Shaw

React, Possibilities, Act, Decide, Once

There is no sincerer love than the love of food. - George Bernard Shaw

There is no sincerer love than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw

Love, Food, Than

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. - George Bernard Shaw

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. George Bernard Shaw

Stupid, You, Dangerous, Sincere, Unless

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. - George Bernard Shaw

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. George Bernard Shaw

Family, Happy, Heaven, Earlier

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. - George Bernard Shaw

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. George Bernard Shaw

Care, You, Take Care, Will, Like, Forced

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality. George Bernard Shaw

Myself, Live, Morality, Others

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