George Bernard Shaw Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old George Bernard Shaw quotes, George Bernard Shaw sayings, and George Bernard Shaw proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying. George Bernard Shaw
No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious. George Bernard Shaw
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning. George Bernard Shaw
Do not try to live forever, you will not succeed. George Bernard Shaw
An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it. George Bernard Shaw
Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men George Bernard Shaw
The 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 Shaw
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. George Bernard Shaw
The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth. George Bernard Shaw
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. George Bernard Shaw
The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. George Bernard Shaw
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. George Bernard Shaw
A happy family is but an earlier heaven. George Bernard Shaw
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. George Bernard Shaw
The 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 Shaw
Taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world. George Bernard Shaw
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. The 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 Shaw
Economy is the art of making the most of life. The love of economy is the root of all virtue. George Bernard Shaw
There is no love sincerer than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw
Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as one. George Bernard Shaw
The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary. George Bernard Shaw
What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?. George Bernard Shaw
A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. George Bernard Shaw
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. George Bernard Shaw
A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other. George Bernard Shaw
Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior. George Bernard Shaw
Decency cannot be discussed without indecency! George Bernard Shaw
Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence. George Bernard Shaw