George Bernard Shaw Quotes

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!

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.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

General consultant to mankind.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

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

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.