George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
WikipediaGeorge Bernard Shaw Quotes (19)
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
View quote details β"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
View quote details β"A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out."
View quote details β"The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed."
View quote details β"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not."
View quote details β"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
View quote details β"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
View quote details β"Imagination is the beginning of creation."
View quote details β"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
View quote details β"All great truths begin as blasphemies."
View quote details β"Life is not meant to be easy my child, but take courage: it can be delightful."
View quote details β"The whole problem with the world is the fools and fanatics are always so sure of themselves, and wiser people are full of doubts."
View quote details β"Do not fight with pigs - you will be smeared in mud but the pig will like it."
View quote details β"We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it."
View quote details β"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
View quote details β"He who can, does."
View quote details β"Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time."
View quote details β"The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor."
View quote details β"Yesterday is the past, tomorrow is the future, today is a gift - that's why it's called the present."
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