George Bernard Shaw Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

227 Famous Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
“You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'”
Dreams Quotes
“You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'”
Imagination Quotes
“We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.”
Opinions Quotes
“Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.”
Science Quotes
“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”
Action Quotes
“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
Age Quotes
“Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.”
Alcohol Quotes
“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.”
America and americans Quotes
“In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.”
Angels Quotes
“The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.”
Arguments Quotes
“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”
Art Quotes
“Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.”
Assassination Quotes
“It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief”
Belief Quotes
“People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them”
Books Quotes
“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.”
Capitalism Quotes
“Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.”
Censorship Quotes
“The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.”
Censorship Quotes
“Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time”
Chess Quotes
“The easiest way to teach children the value of money is to borrow some from them”
Children Quotes
“We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way”
Civilization Quotes
“Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.”
Common sense Quotes
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
Communication Quotes
“Communism is a Christian heresy”
Communism Quotes
“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.”
Competence Quotes
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”
Creativity Quotes