George Bernard Shaw Quotes

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

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

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

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. George Bernard Shaw

Life, Work, Live, Die, Want, Own

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

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 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

Mirror, Soul, Art, Face, You, See

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

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, Never, Pig, Dirty

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

Gentleman, World, More, Out, Than, He

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. - George Bernard Shaw

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. George Bernard Shaw

Love, Love Is, Curiosity, First Love

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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

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, Window, World, You, Better

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

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

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw

Funny, Support, Government, Depend, Pay

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

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

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, Never, Same

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. George Bernard Shaw

Imagination, Beginning, You, Creation

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

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, Nothing, Only

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

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination. George Bernard Shaw

Born, Kings, Made, Artificial

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

Election, Democracy, Government, Corrupt

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, Coward, Without, Being

Socialism, reduced to its simplest legal and practical expression, means the complete discarding of the institution of private property by transforming it into public property, and the division of the resultant public income equally and indiscriminately among the entire population. George Bernard Shaw

Socialism, Legal, Expression, Property

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

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