Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

Martyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability.

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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

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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.

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

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You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

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My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

"Answers to Nine Questions"

My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

"Answers to Nine Questions"

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A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.