George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist known for his wit and social critiques.


"You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself."
George Bernard Shaw
"We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it."
George Bernard Shaw
"Clever and attractive women do not want to vote they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men."
George Bernard Shaw
"A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself."
George Bernard Shaw
"Old-fashioned people think you can have a soul without money. They think the less money you have, the more soul you have. Young people nowadays know better. A soul is a very expensive thing to keep: much more so than a motor car."
George Bernard Shaw
"England and America are two countries separated by the same language."
George Bernard Shaw
"My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world."
George Bernard Shaw