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.'

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. George Bernard Shaw
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses. George Bernard Shaw
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. George Bernard Shaw
Whisky is liquid sunshine. George Bernard Shaw
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. George Bernard Shaw
The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me. George Bernard Shaw
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. George Bernard Shaw
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study. George Bernard Shaw
No loud noise to interrupt my reverie so sweet, / Rendezvous with the past, future perhaps to meet. / Far away the cooing of a turtle dove, / Singing of its never-ending love. George Bernard Shaw
There are only two classes in good society in England: the equestrian classes and the neurotic classes. George Bernard Shaw
Never fret for an only son. The idea of failure will never occur to him. George Bernard Shaw
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions. George Bernard Shaw
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. George Bernard Shaw
The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. George Bernard Shaw
Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends. George Bernard Shaw
Alcohol is an anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. George Bernard Shaw
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw
I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals. George Bernard Shaw
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. George Bernard Shaw
Take care to do what you like or you will be forced to like what you do. George Bernard Shaw
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. George Bernard Shaw
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. George Bernard Shaw
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing very clever, when they are only wasting their time. George Bernard Shaw
If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. George Bernard Shaw
It took me 20 years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public. George Bernard Shaw
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. George Bernard Shaw
In this world, there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. George Bernard Shaw
A married man forms married habits and becomes dependent on marriage just as a sailor becomes dependent on the sea. George Bernard Shaw