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George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Of the two lots, the woman’s lot of perpetual motherhood, and the man’s of perpetual babyhood, I prefer the man’s Picture Quote #1

It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly Picture Quote #1

You sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanliness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his folly Picture Quote #1

I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me Picture Quote #1

A man has no business to marry a woman who can’t make him miserable. It means she can’t make him happy Picture Quote #1

The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it Picture Quote #1

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We are all victims of the violence that animals suffer... their liberation is also our liberation Picture Quote #1

From a very early age, I’ve had to interrupt my education to go to school Picture Quote #1

Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone Picture Quote #1

Money enables us to get what we want instead of what other people think we want Picture Quote #1

I’m sick of all the reasonable people: they see all the reasons for doing nothing Picture Quote #1

Those who won’t hesitate to vivisect, won’t hesitate to lie about it as well Picture Quote #1

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Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical attitudes of thought in the young Picture Quote #1

All this struggling and striving to make the world better is a great mistake. Not that it’s wrong to try to improve the world if you know how but simply because struggling and striving are the worst possible ways to go about doing anything! Picture Quote #1

Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it Picture Quote #1

Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air without becoming better or worse Picture Quote #1

Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable Picture Quote #1

In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key Picture Quote #1

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The great secret... is not having bad manners or good manners... but having the same manner for all human souls Picture Quote #1

It is clear that a novel cannot be too bad to be worth publishing... It certainly is possible for a novel to be too good to be worth publishing Picture Quote #1

You don’t expect me to know what to say about a play when I don’t know who the author is, do you?... If it’s by a good author, it’s a good play, naturally. That stands to reason Picture Quote #1

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood Picture Quote #1

As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it’s as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little Picture Quote #1

He said that private practice in medicine ought to be put down by law. When I asked him why, he said that private doctors were ignorant licensed murders Picture Quote #1

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He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as far in power of style as its momentousness and his conviction will carry him Picture Quote #1

Imprisonment, as it exists today, is a worse crime than any of those committed by its victims Picture Quote #1

If you do not say a thing in an irritating way, you may as well not say it at all because people will not trouble themselves about anything that does not trouble them Picture Quote #1

God has given us a world that nothing but our own folly keeps from being a paradise Picture Quote #1

Don’t waste time collecting other people’s autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting Picture Quote #1

When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman Picture Quote #1

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Of the two lots, the woman’s lot of perpetual motherhood, and the man’s of perpetual babyhood, I prefer the man’s (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) You sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanliness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his folly (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) A man has no business to marry a woman who can’t make him miserable. It means she can’t make him happy (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) We are all victims of the violence that animals suffer... their liberation is also our liberation (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) From a very early age, I’ve had to interrupt my education to go to school (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Money enables us to get what we want instead of what other people think we want (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I’m sick of all the reasonable people: they see all the reasons for doing nothing (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Those who won’t hesitate to vivisect, won’t hesitate to lie about it as well (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical attitudes of thought in the young (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) All this struggling and striving to make the world better is a great mistake. Not that it’s wrong to try to improve the world if you know how but simply because struggling and striving are the worst possible ways to go about doing anything! (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air without becoming better or worse (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The great secret... is not having bad manners or good manners... but having the same manner for all human souls (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) It is clear that a novel cannot be too bad to be worth publishing... It certainly is possible for a novel to be too good to be worth publishing (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) You don’t expect me to know what to say about a play when I don’t know who the author is, do you?... If it’s by a good author, it’s a good play, naturally. That stands to reason (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it’s as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) He said that private practice in medicine ought to be put down by law. When I asked him why, he said that private doctors were ignorant licensed murders (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as far in power of style as its momentousness and his conviction will carry him (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Imprisonment, as it exists today, is a worse crime than any of those committed by its victims (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) If you do not say a thing in an irritating way, you may as well not say it at all because people will not trouble themselves about anything that does not trouble them (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) God has given us a world that nothing but our own folly keeps from being a paradise (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Don’t waste time collecting other people’s autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman (George Bernard Shaw Quotes)

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