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
England and America are two countries divided by a common language.
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
Common people do not pray; they only beg.
Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg
Woman reduces us all to a common denomination
Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
Two peoples separated by a common language' - About the Americans and English
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.
A man of great common sense and good taste -- meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage.
As a teacher of Greek I gave the intellectual man weapons against the common man. I now want to give the common man weapons against the intellectual man
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common language.
He's a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage
He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.