George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 3

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

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

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. - George Bernard Shaw

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more. George Bernard Shaw

Science, Problem, Never

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. George Bernard Shaw

Dancing, Horizontal

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. - George Bernard Shaw

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. George Bernard Shaw

Finance, Never, Conclusion

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

Success, Success Is, Number

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. - George Bernard Shaw

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. George Bernard Shaw

Desire, Other, Tragedies

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it. George Bernard Shaw

Thank God, Atheist, Thank

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. - George Bernard Shaw

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. George Bernard Shaw

Question, Which, No Question

Lack of money is the root of all evil. - George Bernard Shaw

Lack of money is the root of all evil. George Bernard Shaw

Money, Evil, Root

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism, Country, Were

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. George Bernard Shaw

Forgiveness, Forgive, Beware

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself. George Bernard Shaw

Courage, Image, Which

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income. George Bernard Shaw

Broken, Income, Very

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

Doing, Self-Respect, Very

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

Love, Perfect, Which

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. George Bernard Shaw

Sometimes, More, Than

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own. George Bernard Shaw

Other, Virtues, Conceal

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

Other, Tragedies, Contains

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

Country, Pioneers, Private

All genuinely intellectual work is humorous. George Bernard Shaw

Work, Genuinely, Humorous

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

Effective, Destroyed, Backed

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

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw

Extreme, Assassination, Form

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something. George Bernard Shaw

Lost, Always, Feels

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else. - George Bernard Shaw

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else. George Bernard Shaw

Love, Gross, Exaggeration

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub. George Bernard Shaw

Young, Always, Boxes

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. - George Bernard Shaw

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. George Bernard Shaw

Dreams, Children, Waste

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