George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage -- it can be delightful.

By George Bernard Shaw

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

By George Bernard Shaw

Life is a disease; and the only diference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.

By George Bernard Shaw

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it

By George Bernard Shaw

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

By George Bernard Shaw

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh

By George Bernard Shaw

Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

By George Bernard Shaw

Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols, or bombs without incurring any penalties.

By George Bernard Shaw

Lack of money is the root of all evil

By George Bernard Shaw

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

By George Bernard Shaw

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

By George Bernard Shaw

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

By George Bernard Shaw

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

By George Bernard Shaw

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

By George Bernard Shaw

It is most unwise for people in love to marry

By George Bernard Shaw

It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.

By George Bernard Shaw

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

By George Bernard Shaw

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.

By George Bernard Shaw

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it

By George Bernard Shaw

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

By George Bernard Shaw

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

By George Bernard Shaw

In Heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

By George Bernard Shaw

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters.

By George Bernard Shaw

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

By George Bernard Shaw

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

By George Bernard Shaw

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas

By George Bernard Shaw

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

By George Bernard Shaw

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

By George Bernard Shaw

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

By George Bernard Shaw

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton. You may as well make it dance

By George Bernard Shaw