George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
George Bernard ShawThe longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.
George Bernard ShawTake care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
George Bernard ShawA perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
George Bernard ShawSuccess does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
George Bernard ShawI never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
George Bernard ShawWhat God hath joined together no man shall put asunder: God will take care of that.
George Bernard ShawA dramatic critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.
George Bernard ShawThis is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap, the being a force of nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
George Bernard ShawThe people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and , if they can't find them, make them.
George Bernard ShawDemocracy: The substitution of election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
George Bernard ShawMy way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
George Bernard ShawA man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
George Bernard ShawThe 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.
George Bernard ShawSyllables govern the world.
George Bernard ShawPeople who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
George Bernard ShawA life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard ShawA pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
George Bernard ShawChristianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.
George Bernard ShawHell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
George Bernard ShawIf you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
George Bernard ShawAn Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
George Bernard ShawSuccess covers a multitude of blunders.
George Bernard ShawYouth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.
George Bernard ShawA learned man is an idler who kills time with study. Beware of his false knowledge: it is more dangerous than ignorance.
George Bernard Shaw