George Bernard Shaw Quotes

This 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 selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.

What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

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

A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.