183 Quotes By George Bernard Shaw


Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.
George Bernard Shaw on science

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
George Bernard Shaw on science

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
George Bernard Shaw on society

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
George Bernard Shaw on sports

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
George Bernard Shaw on success

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.
George Bernard Shaw on success

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
George Bernard Shaw on time

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
George Bernard Shaw on time

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
George Bernard Shaw on time

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.
George Bernard Shaw on time

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.
George Bernard Shaw on time

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
George Bernard Shaw on travel

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
George Bernard Shaw on truth

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
George Bernard Shaw on truth

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
George Bernard Shaw on war

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.
George Bernard Shaw on war

Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance.
George Bernard Shaw on wisdom

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw on wisdom

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 on women

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
George Bernard Shaw on women