George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 2

Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
– George Bernard Shaw

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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
– George Bernard Shaw

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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
-George Bernard Shaw

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People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
– George Bernard Shaw

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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
– George Bernard Shaw

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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
– George Bernard Shaw

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You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
– George Bernard Shaw

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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
– George Bernard Shaw

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The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.
– George Bernard Shaw

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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

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Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.
– George Bernard Shaw

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To be in Hell is to drift: to be in Heaven is to steer.
– George Bernard Shaw

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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
– George Bernard Shaw

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Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
– George Bernard Shaw

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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
– George Bernard Shaw

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A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
– George Bernard Shaw

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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
– George Bernard Shaw

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Who is this Baby Ruth? And what does she do?
– George Bernard Shaw

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Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder
– George Bernard Shaw

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A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always rely on the support of Paul.
– George Bernard Shaw

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