Famous Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

“The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.”

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”

“In heaven an angel is no one in particular.”

“A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.”

“My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.”

“I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.”

“The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.”

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”

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

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.

The greatest problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.

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

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

The only thing that really matters in life is what we have done for others.

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'

The truth is always the same; it is only our interpretation of it that changes.

A man who is afraid of the sea will never make a good sailor.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

The greatest of all sins is to be too good.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The Englishman does not like being told he is wrong, but he loves to be told that he is right.

There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Hayes. All influence is immoral.

The main aim of education is not to teach you to think, but to teach you what to think.

A woman who is not beautiful is like a man who is not handsome.

Life is not about having and getting, but about being and becoming.

The greatest enemy of communication is the illusion that it has been achieved.

Those who know how to think will change the world.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

You cannot be sure of what you know.

It is the mark of a good leader to take responsibility for his followers.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.

When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want.

Man and Superman is my greatest play.

The best thing you can do is to do something. The worst thing you can do is to do nothing.

I am an atheist, and I believe in the immortality of the soul.

The price of freedom is responsibility.