Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

"Man and Superman" (1903), act I

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The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

"Man and Superman" (1903), act I

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

"Man and Superman" (1903), act IV

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

"Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1893) act II

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There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.

"Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1893), act III

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Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one thing and you're driving at another.

"Pygmalion" (1913)

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One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

"The Apple Cart" (1929), act I

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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essense of inhumanity.