George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 3

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

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. George Bernard Shaw

Happiness, Peace, Heart, Pain, Beginning

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

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, Lack

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. - George Bernard Shaw

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. George Bernard Shaw

Good, Hell, Holiday, Working, Perpetual

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

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw

Censorship, Extreme, Assassination, Form

All great truths begin as blasphemies. - George Bernard Shaw

All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw

Truth, Great, Begin, Truths

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. George Bernard Shaw

Censorship, Nobody, Logical, Books, Read

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

Patriotism, You, Born, Country, Others

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

Fire, Door, Painting, Gallery, Save

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

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, Means

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. George Bernard Shaw

Myself, People, Thinking, Think, Week

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

Forgiveness, Man, Yourself, You, Forgive

I want to be all used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw

Die, Want, Used, Up

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

Nothing, Dangerous, More, Conscience

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

You, Young, Soldier, Old, Always, Tell

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world. George Bernard Shaw

Men, World, Matter, Dangerous, Going

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw

Democracy, Better, Deserve, Than, Shall

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. George Bernard Shaw

Hate, Sin, Worst, Essence, Creatures

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw

Power, Observation, Cynicism, Got, Who

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. George Bernard Shaw

Courage, Lion, People, Thought, Never

Youth is wasted on the young. - George Bernard Shaw

Youth is wasted on the young. George Bernard Shaw

Age, Youth, Young, Wasted

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, More

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

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

Life, Heart, Lose, Desire, Two, Other

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. George Bernard Shaw

Communication, Myself, Conversation

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