George Bernard Shaw: Trending quotes (page 6)

“All great truths begin as blasphemies.”

“The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.”

“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.”

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”

“Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.”

“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”

“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.”

“What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.”

“The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.”

“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.”

“Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.”

“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

“A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.”

“We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.”

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will.”

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

“When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”

“The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.”

“He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.”