Quotes from George Bernard Shaw
Though all society is founded on intolerance, all improvement is founded on tolerance.
- George Bernard Shaw
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
- George Bernard Shaw
Changeable women are more enduring than monotonous ones. They are sometimes murdered but seldom deserted.
- George Bernard Shaw
You'll never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
- George Bernard Shaw
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth, without making some other Englishman hate or despise him; English is not accessible even to Englishmen.
- George Bernard Shaw
I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow's feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong.
- George Bernard Shaw
Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.
- George Bernard Shaw
I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.
- George Bernard Shaw
The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
- George Bernard Shaw
I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for everyday.
- George Bernard Shaw
If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life. A blow in cold blood neither can nor should be forgiven.
- George Bernard Shaw
A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.
- George Bernard Shaw