Top 232 Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

About George Bernard Shaw

These are some quotes by Irish author George Bernard Shaw Dramatist, who lived between July 26, 1856 and November 2, 1950.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

George Bernard Shaw

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

George Bernard Shaw

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.

George Bernard Shaw

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

George Bernard Shaw

The 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.

The 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 Shaw

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

George Bernard Shaw

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

George Bernard Shaw

In socialism, private property is anathema, and equal distribution of income the first consideration. In capitalism, private property is cardinal, and distribution left to ensue from the play of free contract and selfish interest on that basis, no matter what anomalies it may present.

George Bernard Shaw

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

George Bernard Shaw

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