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George Bernard Shaw
Birthday:
26 July 1856
Height:
188 cm
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An actor who drinks is in a bad way, but an actor who eats is lost!
An actor who drinks is in a bad way, but an actor who eats is lost!
When we wish to learn of the deeds done for love, we turn to the murder columns.
When we wish to learn of the deeds done for love, we turn to the murder columns.
Communism, being the lay form of Catholicism, and indeed meaning the same thing, has never had any lack of chaplains.
Communism, being the lay form of Catholicism, and indeed meaning the same thing, has never had any lack of chaplains.
Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
The fact that a believer is happier than a non-believer is no more to the point than the fact that a drunkard is happier than someone who's sober.
The fact that a believer is happier than a non-believer is no more to the point than the fact that a drunkard is happier than someone who's sober.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
How can what an Englishman thinks be heresy? It is a contradiction in terms!
How can what an Englishman thinks be heresy? It is a contradiction in terms!
[on composer Johannesburg Brahms] Tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel...Too fundamentally addleheaded to make anything great out of the delicious musical luxuries he wallowed in.
[on composer Johannesburg Brahms] Tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel...Too fundamentally addleheaded to make anything great out of the delicious musical luxuries he wallowed in.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
Whether Socrates got as much happiness out of life as Wesley is an unanswerable question. But a nation of Socrateses would be much safer and happier than a nation of Wesleys, and its individuals would be higher in the evolutionary scale. At all events it is in the Socratic man and not in the Wesleyan that our hope lies now.
Whether Socrates got as much happiness out of life as Wesley is an unanswerable question. But a nation of Socrateses would be much safer and happier than a nation of Wesleys, and its individuals would be higher in the evolutionary scale. At all events it is in the Socratic man and not in the Wesleyan that our hope lies now.
My stories are the old stories; my characters are the familiar Harlequin and Colombine, clown and Pantaloon; my stage tricks and suspense and thrills and jests are the ones in vogue when I was a boy, by which time my grandfather was tired of them.
My stories are the old stories; my characters are the familiar Harlequin and Colombine, clown and Pantaloon; my stage tricks and suspense and thrills and jests are the ones in vogue when I was a boy, by which time my grandfather was tired of them.
There are three things I'll never forget about America: the Rocky Mountains, Niagara Falls and 'Amos and Andy'.
There are three things I'll never forget about America: the Rocky Mountains, Niagara Falls and 'Amos and Andy'.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
Success covers a multitude of blunders.
Success covers a multitude of blunders.
It is sometimes necessary to make people laugh to prevent them from hanging you.
It is sometimes necessary to make people laugh to prevent them from hanging you.
Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million.
Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million.
Gossipers turn an earful into a mouthful.
Gossipers turn an earful into a mouthful.
[on why one shouldn't wrestle with pigs] You get dirty and, besides, the pig likes it.
[on why one shouldn't wrestle with pigs] You get dirty and, besides, the pig likes it.
[on dreams] Some men see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream things that never were and say, 'Why Not?'
[on dreams] Some men see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream things that never were and say, 'Why Not?'
[on being asked if that was he seen riding double with T.E. Lawrence] Good heavens, man, I've got a perfectly good motorcycle of my own. Lawrence's machine is such a great brute of a thing, and he goes so fast I doubt whether I could hold on. Probably, I'd be left sitting on the road.
[on being asked if that was he seen riding double with T.E. Lawrence] Good heavens, man, I've got a perfectly good motorcycle of my own. Lawrence's machine is such a great brute of a thing, and he goes so fast I doubt whether I could hold on. Probably, I'd be left sitting on the road.
[on being awarded an Oscar for 'Pygmalion' in 1938] It's an insult for them to offer me any honor, as if they had never heard of me before - and it's very likely they never have. They might as well send some honor to George for being King of England.
[on being awarded an Oscar for 'Pygmalion' in 1938] It's an insult for them to offer me any honor, as if they had never heard of me before - and it's very likely they never have. They might as well send some honor to George for being King of England.
Not the least regard will be paid to American ideas except to avoid them as much as possible.
Not the least regard will be paid to American ideas except to avoid them as much as possible.
[To Samuel Goldwyn] The trouble with you, Mr. Goldwyn, is that you're only interested in art, and I am only interested in money.
[To Samuel Goldwyn] The trouble with you, Mr. Goldwyn, is that you're only interested in art, and I am only interested in money.
Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die. (his last words)
Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die. (his last words)
The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.
The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.
Life isn't about finding yourself; it's about creating yourself.
Life isn't about finding yourself; it's about creating yourself.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
There is only one true happiness in life, to love and be loved.
There is only one true happiness in life, to love and be loved.
"and there is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But it is in some respects more cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books written by the warders (who of course would not be warders and governors if they could write readable books), and be...
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"and there is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But it is in some respects more cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books written by the warders (who of course would not be warders and governors if they could write readable books), and beaten or otherwise tormented if you cannot remember their utterly unmemorable contents. In the prison you are not forced to sit listening to the turnkeys discoursing without charm or interest on subjects that they don't understand and don't care about, and are therefore incapable of making you understand or care about. In a prison they may torture your body; but they do not torture your brains; and they protect you against violence and outrage from your fellow-prisoners. In a school you have none of these advantages. With the world's bookshelves loaded with fascinating and inspired books, the very manna sent down from Heaven to feed your souls, you are forced to read a hideous imposture called a school book, written by a man who cannot write: A book from which no human can learn anything: a book which, though you may decipher it, you cannot in any fruitful sense read, though the enforced attempt will make you loathe the sight of a book all the rest of your life.""A Treatise on Parents and Children," preface to Misalliance (1909).
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Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die.
Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die.
You have a choice between the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of the members of government. And with all due respect for those gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, vote for gold.
You have a choice between the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of the members of government. And with all due respect for those gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, vote for gold.
There are scores of human insects who are ready at a moment's notice to reveal the will of God on every possible subject.
There are scores of human insects who are ready at a moment's notice to reveal the will of God on every possible subject.
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of Hell.
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of Hell.
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
He treats a flower girl as if she was a duchess, and a duchess as if she was a flower girl.
He treats a flower girl as if she was a duchess, and a duchess as if she was a flower girl.
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.
If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.
Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
Beauty is all very well at first sight, but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
Beauty is all very well at first sight, but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read.
The theory of legal procedure is that if you set two liars to expose one another, the truth will emerge.
The theory of legal procedure is that if you set two liars to expose one another, the truth will emerge.
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.
Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.
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.
It's a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can
It's a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can
Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
Do not unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Do not unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.
I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
I'm only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller.
I'm only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
He who can, does. He who cannot teaches.
He who can, does. He who cannot teaches.
George Bernard Shaw
The Anglo-Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, acquired a reputation as the greatest dramatist in the English language during the first half of the 20th Century for the plays he had written at the height of his creativity from "Mrs. Warren's Profession" in 1893 to "The Apple Cart" in 1929. His works have been revived on Broadway from 1894 to 2010. His most famous work in the 21st Century is My Fair Lady (1964), the musical adaptation of Pygmalion (1938).A Shavian drama (his reputation was so great, he had his own adjective ascribed to his works) had a biting social critique leavened by humor. According to his Nobel Prize citation, "His ideas were those of a somewhat abstract logical radicalism; hence they were far from new, but they received from him a new definiteness and brilliance. In him these ideas combined with a ready wit, a complete absence of respect for any kind of convention, and the merriest humor - all gathered together in an extravagance which has scarcely ever before appeared in literature."He was a major international celebrity and a force in British politics, being a charter member of the Fabian Society. The Fabians were committed to democratic socialism, that is, using parliamentary mechanisms to encourage a gradual adoption of socialist policies through political reform rather than revolution.
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