Author: George Bernard Shaw

All my life affection has been showered on me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Patriotism is the conviction that your country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone had licked it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

My way of joking is to tell the truth.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The brain is entirely fat… without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

There would never be any public agreement among doctors if they did not agree to agree on the main point of the doctor being always on the right.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

We learn from experience that men never learn from experience.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

There are two tragedies in life; one is not to get your heart’s desire, the other is to get it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The faults of the burglar are qualities of the financier.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Newspapers are unable, seemingly, to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist