George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman, Pygmalionand Saint Joan. With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth26 July 1856
CityDublin, Ireland
CountryIreland
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.
If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals - would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals?
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
A socialist is somebody who doesn't have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
Our first duty is not to be poor.
Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
Your heart and your mouth wil be in two separate parts of your body if you again forget in whose presence you stand.
Well, upon my soul! You are not ashamed to stand there and confess yourself a disgusting drunkard.
The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.