George Bernard Shaw Quotes, Selfish Quotes, Work Quotes

I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.

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The stock actor is a stage calamity

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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

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My mother married a very good man ... and she is not at all keen on my doing the same.

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Woman reduces us all to the common denominator.

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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.

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I work as my father drank.

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As long as more people will pay admission to a theater to see a naked body than to see a naked brain, the drama will languish.

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Take the utmost care to get well born and well brought up.

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I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. I found when I tried to put that into practice, not only were other people seldom lovable but I wasn't very lovable myself.

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My rank is the highest known in Switzerland: I'm a free citizen.

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Don't think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness of God is His strength.

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

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The most intolerable pain is produced by prolonging the keenest pleasure.

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I do not know what I think until I write it.

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A revolutionist is one who desires to discard the existing social order and try another.

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It is one of the mysterious ways of Allah to make women troublesome when he makes them beautiful.

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Lack of money is the root of of all evil.

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I hate the poor and look forward eagerly to their extermination.

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Get married, but never to a man who is home all day.

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