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
It is the highest creatures who take the longest to mature, and are the most helpless during their immaturity.
Shall I turn up the light for you? No, give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light.
Activity is the only road to knowledge.
A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.