Quotes from work
Pygmalion

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913.

“Walk! Not bloody likely. I am going in a taxi.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

Act III
1910s, Pygmalion (1912)

“You know well I couldn't bear to live with a low common man after you two; and it's wicked and cruel of you to insult me by pretending I could.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

Act II
Source: 1910s, Pygmalion (1912)

“If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“Galatea never does quite like Pygmalion: his relation to her is too godlike to be altogether agreeable.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man?
DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“I can't turn your soul on. Leave me those feelings; and you can take away the voice and the face. They are not you.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“She has mischievious moments when she wishes she could get him alone on a desert island…”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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“Get out of my way; for I won't stop for you.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

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