George Bernard Shaw
Irish-English writer and critic
Lived from: 1856 - 1950
Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 26 july 1856 Died: 2 november 1950
Quotes 301 till 320 of 545.
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No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
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Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.
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Nothing ever is done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
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Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
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Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.
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Nothing makes a man so selfish as work.
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Nothing remains beautiful and interesting except thought, because the thought is the life.
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Now that we have learned to fly the air like birds, swim under water like fish, we lack one thing - to learn to live on earth as human beings.
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Of all the damnable waste of human life that ever was invented, clerking is the worst.
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Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
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Once there was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages.
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Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
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Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone.
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Our first duty is not to be poor.
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Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.
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Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless.
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Our prejudices are so deeply rooted that we never think of them as prejudices but call them common sense.
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Parentage is a very important profession; but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of children.
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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
― George Bernard Shaw
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