George Bernard Shaw Quotes

George Bernard Shaw Quotes
		A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. George Bernard Shaw Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Dramatist Quotes Category: Irish Dramatist Quotes Date of Birth: July 26, 1856 Date of Death: November 2, 1950 Nationality: Irish Amazon: George Bernard Shaw on Amazon	Related Authors: Oscar Wilde Brendan Behan Lady Gregory Hugh Leonard John Millington Synge George Farquhar Charles Macklin Andrew Cherry
		Select George Bernard Shaw Quotations: We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be. George Bernard Shaw There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. George Bernard Shaw I want to be all used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw Youth is wasted on the young. George Bernard Shaw He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. George Bernard Shaw Better never than late. George Bernard Shaw An index is a great leveller. George Bernard Shaw
Quote Keywords: Art, Brain, Digests, Education, Folly, Fool, Hence, Into, Pedantry, Philosophy, Science, Superstition, University	Dictionary Links: Art, Brain, Education, Folly, Fool, Hence, Into, Pedantry, Philosophy, Science, Superstition, University	All George Bernard Shaw Quotations: A broken heart is a very... A fashion is nothing but an... A fool's brain digests philosophy into... A gentleman is one who puts... A government that robs Peter to... A happy family is but an... A life spent making mistakes is... A little learning is a dangerous... A man never tells you anything... A man of great common sense... A man who has no office... A perpetual holiday is a good... A veteran journalist has never had... Alcohol is the anesthesia by which... All great truths begin as blasphemies. All my life affection has been... Americans adore me and will go... An asylum for the sane would... An election is a moral horror... An Englishman thinks he is moral... An index is a great leveller. Animals are my friends... and I... Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. Baseball has the great advantage over... Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. Beauty is all very well at... Better keep yourself clean and bright... Better never than late. Beware of false knowledge; it is... Beware of the man who does... Capitalism has destroyed our belief in... Censorship ends in logical completeness when... Choose silence of all virtues, for... Clever and attractive women do not... Cruelty would be delicious if one... Dancing is a perpendicular expression of... Democracy is a device that insures... Democracy is a form of government... Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many... Do not do unto others as... Do not try to live forever... Do not waste your time on... England and America are two countries... Every man over forty is a scoundrel. Every person who has mastered a... Everything happens to everybody sooner or... Except during the nine months before... Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics. Few of us have vitality enough... Few people think more than two... Find enough clever things to say... First love is only a little... General consultant to mankind. Give a man health and a... He knows nothing and thinks he... He who can, does. He who... He's a man of great common... Hegel was right when he said... Hell is full of musical amateurs. Home life is no more natural... Human beings are the only animals... I am a Christian. That obliges... I am afraid we must make... I dislike feeling at home when... I enjoy convalescence. It is the... I have to live for others... I learned long ago, never to... I never resist temptation, because I... I never thought much of the... I often quote myself. It adds... I want to be all used... I want to be thoroughly used... I would like to take you... I'm an atheist and I thank... If all the economists were laid... If history repeats itself, and the... If there was nothing wrong in... If women were particular about men's... If you can't get rid of... If you cannot get rid of... If you injure your neighbour, better... If you leave the smallest corner... If you must hold yourself up... Imagination is the beginning of creation... In a battle all you need... In heaven an angel is nobody... In this world there is always... Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We... It is a curious sensation: the... It is dangerous to be sincere... It is most unwise for people... It is the mark of a... It's easier to replace a dead... It's so hard to know what... Just do what must be done... Kings are not born: they are... Lack of money is the root... Liberty means responsibility. That is why... Life contains but two tragedies. One... Life does not cease to be... Life isn't about finding yourself. Life... Life levels all men. Death reveals... Life would be tolerable but for... Love is a gross exaggeration of... Man can climb to the highest... Marriage is an alliance entered into... Marriage is good enough for the... Marriage is popular because it combines... Martyrdom: The only way a man... Men are wise in proportion, not... Men have to do some awfully... Miracles, in the sense of phenomena... Most people do not pray; they... My reputation grows with every failure. Never fret for an only son... No man ever believes that the... No man who is occupied in... No question is so difficult to... Nothing is ever done in this... Nothing is worth doing unless the... Oh, the tiger will love you... Old men are dangerous: it doesn't... One man that has a mind... Only on paper has humanity yet... Parentage is a very important profession... Patriotism is your conviction that this... Peace is not only better than... People become attached to their burdens... People who say it cannot be... Perhaps the greatest social service that... Political necessities sometime turn out to... Power does not corrupt men; fools... Progress is impossible without change, and... Property is organized robbery. Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman... Science never solves a problem without... Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice... She had lost the art of... Silence is the most perfect expression... Socialism is the same as Communism... Some look at things that are... Statistics show that of those who... Success does not consist in never... Syllables govern the world. Take care to get what you... The art of government is the... The best place to find God... The British soldier can stand up... The fact that a believer is... The faults of the burglar are... The fickleness of the women I... The first condition of progress is... The frontier between hell and heaven... The golden rule is that there... The great advantage of a hotel... The heretic is always better dead... The liar's punishment is not in... The love of economy is the... The man who writes about himself... The man with a toothache thinks... The minority is sometimes right; the... The moment we want to believe... The natural term of the affection... The only secrets are the secrets... The only service a friend can... The only way to avoid being... The people who get on in... The perfect love affair is one... The possibilities are numerous once we... The power of accurate observation is... The secret of being miserable is... The secret to success is to... The single biggest problem in communication... The test of a man or... The things most people want to... The trouble with her is that... The truth is, hardly any of... The worst sin toward our fellow... There are no secrets better kept... There are two tragedies in life... There is no satisfaction in hanging... There is no sincerer love than... There is no subject on which... There is nothing more dangerous than... There is only one religion, though... Those who do not know how... Until the men of action clear... Use your health, even to the... Very few people can afford to... Virtue consists, not in abstaining from... Virtue is insufficient temptation. We are all dependent on one... We are made wise not by... We are the only real aristocracy... We don't stop playing because we... We have no more right to... We learn from experience that men... We must always think about things... We should all be obliged to... What a man believes may be... What Englishman will give his mind... What is virtue but the Trade... What we want is to see... When a man says money can... When a man wants to murder... When a stupid man is doing... When I was young, I observed... Which painting in the National Gallery... Why should we take advice on... Why, except as a means of... Without art, the crudeness of reality... You are going to let the... You can always tell an old... You cannot be a hero without... You see things; and you say... You use a glass mirror to... You'll never have a quiet world... Youth is a wonderful thing. What... Youth is wasted on the young.