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George Bernard Shaw Quotes

George Bernard Shaw quotes about people

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

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Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore, they have no shame. They have the power to ask love because the don't need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "It is most unwise for people in love to marry."
It is most unwise for people in love to marry. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than..."
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. George Bernard Shaw
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You cannot have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is? George Bernard Shaw
Everybody has choices, Mother. The poorest girl alive may not be able to choose between being Queen of England or Principal of Newnham; but she can choose between rag-picking and flower-selling, according to her taste. People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. 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: "The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people."
The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. George Bernard Shaw
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
Tanner: My dear Tavy, your pious English habit of regarding the world as a moral gymnasium built expressly to strengthen your character in leads you to think about your own confounded principles when you should be thinking about other people's necessities. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only..."
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented..."
The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the..."
The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside..."
I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "The things most people want to know about are usually none of..."
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw quote: "If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a..."
If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters. George Bernard Shaw

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