George Bernard Shaw quote: I lay my eternal curse on whomsoever shall

“A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded andobserves much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him--after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees.”

People Men Reason Found He Man Genius Importance Contrary Exaggerated

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Freedom, my good girl, means being able to count on how other people will behave.”

People Mean Able Girl Freedom Behave Good Girl

Book:George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit

Source: George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit

“If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.”

Ifs Inspirational Hard Work Honesty

Author:Tom Hanks

“If a man is indolent, let him be poor. If he is drunken, let him be poor.... Also--somewhat inconsistently--blessed are the poor!”

Ifs Men Poor Blessed

Book:Pygmalion and Major Barbara

Source: Pygmalion and Major Barbara

“Such poverty as we have today in all our great cities degrades the poor, and infects with its degradation the whole neighborhood in which they live. And whatever can degrade a neighborhood can degrade a country and a continent and finally the whole civilized world, which is only a large neighborhood.”

World Country Whole Today Poor Cities Poverty Neighborhood Civilized Continents Degradation Degrade Great Cities

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“We are compelled by the theory of God's already achieved perfection to make Him a devil as well as a god, because of the existenceof evil. The god of love, if omnipotent and omniscient, must be the god of cancer and epilepsy as well.... Whoever admits that anything living is evil must either believe that God is malignantly capable of creating evil, or else believe that God has made many mistakes in His attempts to make a perfect being.”

Ifs Believe Wells Made God Evil Perfect Mistake Theory Creating Capable Devil Perfection Cancer Compelled Omnipotent Omniscient Epilepsy

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel.”

People Made Political Given Prayer Moral Rich Easier Conscience Charity Credit Titles Wheels Rich People Signing Bribery Ransom Cheques

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.”

Ifs Children Would Be Force Learning Mathematics Greek Latin Indispensable Monstrous Mental Power

Book:George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit

Source: George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit

“A pornographic novelist is one who exploits the sexual instinct as a prostitute does. A legitimate sex novel elucidates it or brings out its poetry, tragedy, or comedy.”

Doe Sex Novel Comedy Tragedy Instinct Novelists Pornography Exploits

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“We all have--to put it as nicely as I can--our lower centres and our higher centres. Our lower centres act: they act with terriblepower that sometimes destroys us; but they don't talk.... Since the war the lower centres have become vocal. And the effect is that of an earthquake. For they speak truths that have never been spoken before--truths that the makers of our domestic institutions have tried to ignore.”

I Can War Sometimes Speak Sex Effects Higher Institutions Makers Centre Vocal Earthquakes Speak The Truth

Author:George Bernard Shaw

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