The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me. George Bernard Shaw on women
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw on work
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. George Bernard Shaw on work
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. George Bernard Shaw on affection
Any person under the age of thirty, who, having any knowledge of the existing social order, is not a revolutionist, is an inferio George Bernard Shaw on age
I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler. I don't like beer. George Bernard Shaw on alcohol
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. George Bernard Shaw on capitalism
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw on change
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw on change
You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw on dreams
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. George Bernard Shaw on family
If parents would only realize how they bore their children! George Bernard Shaw on family
Our laws make law impossible; our liberties destroy all freedom; our property is organized robbery; our morality an impudent hypocrisy; our wisdom is administered by inexperienced or mal-experienced dupes; our power wielded by cowards and weaklings; and our honour false in all its points. I am an enemy of the existing order for good reasons. George Bernard Shaw on law
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of George Bernard Shaw on love
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. George Bernard Shaw on morals
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. George Bernard Shaw on silence
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind. George Bernard Shaw on success
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. George Bernard Shaw on taste
The love of economy is the root of all virtue. George Bernard Shaw on virtue
Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness and ugliness. George Bernard Shaw on wealth