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

Happiness, Great, Greatness, Done, Just

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, End, Reach, Never, Economists

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

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

Socialism, Communism, Better, Same, Only

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man. George Bernard Shaw

Man, Mistake, Happy, Rich, Teeth, Sound

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

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

Man, Heart, Broken, Broken Heart, London

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

Selfish, Socialism, Capitalism, Free

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things. George Bernard Shaw

Looking, Heaven, Hell, Difference, Two

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

Man, Doing, Self-Respect, Difficult, Who

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

God, Thank God, Atheist, Thank

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

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw

Censorship, Assassination, Extreme, Form

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, People, Success Is, Secret

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

Advice, Sex, Why, Anything, Take, He

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

Angel, Heaven, Nobody, Particular

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, Youth, Crime, Waste

Youth is wasted on the young. - George Bernard Shaw

Youth is wasted on the young. George Bernard Shaw

Age, Youth, Young, Wasted

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough. - George Bernard Shaw

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough. George Bernard Shaw

Time, Enough, Everything, Happens, Later

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

Courage, Great, Man, Good, Common Sense

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

Education, Science, Art, Fool, Brain

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. George Bernard Shaw

History, Man, Learn, Said, Never, Right

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, Love Is, Person, Difference, Else

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. George Bernard Shaw

Experience, Men, Learn, Never, Anything

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying. George Bernard Shaw

Live, Know, Dying, Merit, Who, How

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot. George Bernard Shaw

Nothing, Dangerous, Conscience, More

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. George Bernard Shaw

Man, Religion, Bible, Always, He, Ever

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