George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 3

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

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

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

Enjoy, Worth, Illness, Part, Makes

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

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

Dog, Man, Blind, Place, Matter, Want

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

Moment, Blind, Believe, Want, See

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. George Bernard Shaw

Marriage, Opportunity, Temptation

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

Capitalism, Socialism, Land, Country

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. George Bernard Shaw

World, Always, Danger, Afraid, Who

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

Good, Courage, Man, Great, Moral, Taste

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. George Bernard Shaw

Animal, Affection, Natural, Human, Years

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it. George Bernard Shaw

Soul, Battle, Election, Moral, Bath, Bad

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation. George Bernard Shaw

Pain, Existence, Years, Five, Should

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier. George Bernard Shaw

Qualities, Faults, Burglar, Financier

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, Mirror, Service, Yourself, You

My reputation grows with every failure. George Bernard Shaw

Failure, Reputation, Grows, Every

My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion. George Bernard Shaw

Play, Line, Shooting, Like, Bullet

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism, World, You, Quiet, Never

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any. George Bernard Shaw

Man, Money, Anything, Got, He, Says

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

Life, Heart, Desire, Two, Get, Your

Virtue is insufficient temptation. George Bernard Shaw

Temptation, Virtue, Insufficient

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, Without, Creating, Ten

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. George Bernard Shaw

Power, Men, Fools, Corrupt, Position

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid. George Bernard Shaw

I Am, Animals, Human, Afraid, Only, Am

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. - George Bernard Shaw

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. George Bernard Shaw

Rules, Golden, Golden Rule, Rule

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

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

Communism, Socialism, Better, Same, Only

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