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“You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?”
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“The price of ability does not depend on merit but on supply and demand.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”
“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”
“If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?”
“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
Source: Mrs. Warren's Profession
“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.”
“I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.”
Source: Four Plays by Bernard Shaw
“Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.”
Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.”
Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
“The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.”
“Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.”
“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.”
“I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.”
“If I bind the future I bind my will. If I bind my will I strangle creation.”
Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.”