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
To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it
It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.
I become more convinced that beings from other planets are using the Earth as a lunatic asylum
The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman.
It's not that I'm so clever, it is that others are so stupid.
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.
When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it's called ferocity.
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity
When a man wants to murder a tiger, he calls it sport; when the tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity. The distinction between crime and justice is no greater.
The roulette table pays nobody except him who keeps it. Nevertheless, a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette wheels is unknown.
The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation.
The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries