Quotes By George Bernard Shaw

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

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

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

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.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.

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

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

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.