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George Bernard Shaw quotes

Irish Playwright, Writer July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950

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It exasperated her to think that the dungeonin which she had languished for so many unhappyyears had been unlocked all the time, and thatthe impulses she had so carefully struggled with andstifled for the sake of keeping well with society, wereprecisely those by which alone she could have comeinto any sort of sincere human contact. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "the beauty and nobility, the august mission and destiny, of..."
the beauty and nobility, the august mission and destiny, of human handwriting. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can..."
I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy. George Bernard Shaw
There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But in some respects more cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books written by the warders and the governor. . . .In the prison you are not forced to sit listening to turnkeys discoursing without charm or interest on subjects that they don't understand and don't care about, and therefore incapable of making you understand or... George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd..."
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. George Bernard Shaw
I know your head aches. I know you're tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a butcher's window. But think what you're trying to accomplish - just think what you're dealing with. The majesty and grandeur of the English language; it's the greatest possession we have. The noblest thoughts that ever flowed through the hearts of men are contained in its extraordinary, imaginative and musical mixtures of sounds. And that's what you've set yourself out to conquer, Eliza. And conquer it you... George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "You cannot have power for good without having power for evil..."
You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at..."
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work..."
Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one? George Bernard Shaw
I find that socialism is often misunderstood by its least intelligent supporters and opponents to mean simply unrestrained indulgence of our natural propensity to heave bricks at respectable persons. George Bernard Shaw
Marriage is the most licentious of human institutions--I say the most licentious of human institutions: that is the secret of its popularity. And a woman seeking a husband is the most unscrupulous of all the beasts of prey. The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are..."
Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature! George Bernard Shaw
I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas. It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a wasteful, disastrous subject; a wicked, cadging, lying, filthy, blasphemous and demoralizing subject. Christmas is forced on a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press: on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred; and anyone who looked back to it would be turned into a pillar of... George Bernard Shaw
I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other men. There is not much harm in a lion. He has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility; in short, no reason for destroying anything that he does not want to eat George Bernard Shaw

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