George Bernard Shaw Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old George Bernard Shaw quotes, George Bernard Shaw sayings, and George Bernard Shaw proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. George Bernard Shaw
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw
To endure the pain of living, we all drug ourselves more or less with gin, with literature, with superstitions, with romance, with idealism, political, sentimental, and moral, with every possible preparation of that universal hashish: imagination. George Bernard Shaw
The whole world is strewn with snares, traps, gins and pitfalls for the capture of men by women. George Bernard Shaw
As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the range of common sanity. In comparison such a monstrosity as phlegm for flem is merely disgusting. George Bernard Shaw
Consistency is the enemy of enterprise, just as symmetry is the enemy of art. George Bernard Shaw
Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it. George Bernard Shaw
The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality. George Bernard Shaw
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. George Bernard Shaw
Women are called womanly only when they regard themselves as existing solely for the use of men. George Bernard Shaw
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. George Bernard Shaw
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. George Bernard Shaw
Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. George Bernard Shaw
To the person with a toothache, even if the world is tottering, there is nothing more important than a visit to a dentist. George Bernard Shaw
The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man. George Bernard Shaw
The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. George Bernard Shaw
Hell is full of musical amateurs. George Bernard Shaw
Indifference is the essence of inhumanity. George Bernard Shaw
Newspaper : A device unable to distinguish between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilisation. George Bernard Shaw
It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture. George Bernard Shaw
The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood. George Bernard Shaw
You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous - the ice of life is slippery. George Bernard Shaw
Youth is such a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. George Bernard Shaw
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw
A married man is a man with a past, while a bachelor is a man with a future. George Bernard Shaw
Never forget that if you leave your law to judges and your religion to bishops, you will presently find yourself without either law or religion. George Bernard Shaw
We are all victims of the violence that animals suffer... their liberation is also our liberation. George Bernard Shaw
This planet is obviously being used as an insane asylum by other planets. George Bernard Shaw