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
The shot Irishmen will now take their places beside Emmet and the Manchester Martyrs in Ireland, and beside the heroes of Poland and Sérbia and Belgium in Europe; and nothing in heaven or earth can prevent it.
Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses.
Make me a beautiful word for doing things tomorrow; for that surely is a great and blessed invention.
First really like is just a little bit foolishness as well as a lot of curiosity. No actually self-respecting girl would reap the benefits of it.
Nationalism must now be added to the refuse pile of superstitions. We are now citizens of the world, and the man who divides the race into elect Irishmen and reprobate foreign devils (especially Englishmen) had better live on the Blaskets where he can admire himself without disturbance.
Seemingly unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. Much progress, therefore, depends on such people.
Hell is not all paved with bad intentions.
What is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
The philosopher is Nature's pilot.
I am the most spontaneous speaker in the world because every word, every gesture, and every retort has been carefully rehearsed.
Stop being Jews and start being human beings.
I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.
Youth is just wasted on young people.
I wish people would stop talking about my birthday.