George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 3

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

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. - George Bernard Shaw

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. George Bernard Shaw

Great, May, Greatness

In socialism, private property is anathema, and equal distribution of income the first consideration. In capitalism, private property is cardinal, and distribution left to ensue from the play of free contract and selfish interest on that basis, no matter what anomalies it may present. George Bernard Shaw

Income, Play, Private

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. George Bernard Shaw

Folly, Art, Education

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

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

Number, Success Is, Success

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. - George Bernard Shaw

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. George Bernard Shaw

Teaches, Does, Cannot

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. - George Bernard Shaw

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw

Form, Assassination, Extreme

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

Blind, See, Against

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts. George Bernard Shaw

Which, His, Believes

Most people do not pray; they only beg. George Bernard Shaw

Most, Beg, Only

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. - George Bernard Shaw

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. George Bernard Shaw

Part, Makes, Enjoy

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

Desire, Imagine, Imagination

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

Never, Tempt, Found

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends. George Bernard Shaw

Eat, Food, Animals

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

Destroyed, Effective, Backed

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent. George Bernard Shaw

Death, Men, Reveals

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular. George Bernard Shaw

Particular, Angel, Nobody

A statesman who confines himself to popular legislation - or, for the matter of that, a playwright who confines himself to popular plays - is like a blind man's dog who goes wherever the blind man pulls him, on the ground that both of them want to go to the same place. George Bernard Shaw

Blind, Him, Matter

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course. George Bernard Shaw

Which, Door, Save

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

Always, Ashamed, Stupid

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family. George Bernard Shaw

Mankind, Country, Perhaps

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. George Bernard Shaw

Wealth, Producing, Happiness

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw

Contains, Tragedies, Other

Socialism never arises in the earlier phases of capitalism, as, for instance, among the pioneers of civilisation in a country where there is plenty of land available for private appropriation by the last comer. George Bernard Shaw

Pioneers, Country, Private

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't! George Bernard Shaw

Advice, Sex, Pope

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example. George Bernard Shaw

Children, Lesson, Warning

General consultant to mankind. George Bernard Shaw

Mankind, General, Consultant

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