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George Bernard Shaw Quotes

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man Picture Quote #1

If you lived in London, where the whole system is one of false good-fellowship, and you may know a man for twenty years without finding out that he hates you like poison, you would soon have your eyes opened. There we do unkind things in a kind way: we say bitter things in a sweet voice: we always give our friends chloroform when we tear them to pieces Picture Quote #1

A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most Picture Quote #1

She has mischievious moments in when she wishes she could get him alone on a desert island Picture Quote #1

Don’t think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness of God is His strength Picture Quote #1

You see things and you say, ‘Why?’. But I dream things and I say, ‘Why not?’ Picture Quote #1

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Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind. It is the deed that teaches not the name we give it Picture Quote #1

Alcohol is a very necessary article. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning Picture Quote #1

I become more convinced that beings from other planets are using the Earth as a lunatic asylum Picture Quote #1

Poverty blights whole cities; spreads horrible pestilences; strikes dead the very souls of all who come within sight, sound, or smell of it Picture Quote #1

When God created man and woman, he did not take a patent. That’s why any imbecile has been able to do so ever since Picture Quote #1

The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a parent Picture Quote #1

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There are scores of thousands of human insects who are ready at a moment’s notice to reveal the Will of God on every possible subject Picture Quote #1

Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty Picture Quote #1

Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that Picture Quote #1

I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism Picture Quote #1

The notion that Nature does not proceed by jumps is only one of the budget of plausible lies that we call classical education. Nature always proceeds by jumps. She may spend twenty thousand years making up her mind to jump; but when she makes it up at last, the jump is big enough to take us into a new age Picture Quote #1

If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains Picture Quote #1

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The wheels are turning, but the hamsters are all dead. Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it Picture Quote #1

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however unconscionable we may be when our own interests are affected, we can be most indignantly virtuous at the expense of others Picture Quote #1

I am a brigand: I live by robbing the rich.’ ‘I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor Picture Quote #1

If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a foot-rule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved Picture Quote #1

That older and greater church to which I belong: the church where the oftener you laugh the better, because by laughter only can you destroy evil without malice Picture Quote #1

All industries are brought under the control of such people [film producers] by Capitalism. If the capitalists let themselves be seduced from their pursuit of profits to the enchantments of art, they would be bankrupt before they knew where they were. You cannot combine the pursuit of money with the pursuit of art Picture Quote #1

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It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true Picture Quote #1

What is any respectable girl brought up to do but to catch some rich man’s fancy and get the benefit of his money by marrying him?--as if a marriage ceremony could make any difference in the right or wrong of the thing! Picture Quote #1

I do not, like the Fundamentalists, believe that creation stopped six thousand years ago after a week of hard work. Creation is going on all the time Picture Quote #1

The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be those of the film Picture Quote #1

The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don’t want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve Picture Quote #1

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) If you lived in London, where the whole system is one of false good-fellowship, and you may know a man for twenty years without finding out that he hates you like poison, you would soon have your eyes opened. There we do unkind things in a kind way: we say bitter things in a sweet voice: we always give our friends chloroform when we tear them to pieces (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) She has mischievious moments in when she wishes she could get him alone on a desert island (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Don’t think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness of God is His strength (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) You see things and you say, ‘Why?’. But I dream things and I say, ‘Why not?’ (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind. It is the deed that teaches not the name we give it (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Alcohol is a very necessary article. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I become more convinced that beings from other planets are using the Earth as a lunatic asylum (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Poverty blights whole cities; spreads horrible pestilences; strikes dead the very souls of all who come within sight, sound, or smell of it (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) When God created man and woman, he did not take a patent. That’s why any imbecile has been able to do so ever since (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a parent (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) There are scores of thousands of human insects who are ready at a moment’s notice to reveal the Will of God on every possible subject (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The notion that Nature does not proceed by jumps is only one of the budget of plausible lies that we call classical education. Nature always proceeds by jumps. She may spend twenty thousand years making up her mind to jump; but when she makes it up at last, the jump is big enough to take us into a new age (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The wheels are turning, but the hamsters are all dead. Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however unconscionable we may be when our own interests are affected, we can be most indignantly virtuous at the expense of others (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I am a brigand: I live by robbing the rich.’ ‘I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a foot-rule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) That older and greater church to which I belong: the church where the oftener you laugh the better, because by laughter only can you destroy evil without malice (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) All industries are brought under the control of such people [film producers] by Capitalism. If the capitalists let themselves be seduced from their pursuit of profits to the enchantments of art, they would be bankrupt before they knew where they were. You cannot combine the pursuit of money with the pursuit of art (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) What is any respectable girl brought up to do but to catch some rich man’s fancy and get the benefit of his money by marrying him?--as if a marriage ceremony could make any difference in the right or wrong of the thing! (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I do not, like the Fundamentalists, believe that creation stopped six thousand years ago after a week of hard work. Creation is going on all the time (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be those of the film (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don’t want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve. (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. (George Bernard Shaw Quotes)

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