George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 30
If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.445, e-artnow
Man and Superman epistle dedicatory (1903)
1903 Don Juan. Man and Superman, act 3.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.2901, e-artnow
I know I began as a passion and have ended as a habit , like all husbands .
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4725, e-artnow
George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy”, p.203, The Floating Press
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4512, e-artnow
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.1826, e-artnow
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).
George Bernard Shaw (2007). “Back to Methuselah”, p.231, 1st World Publishing
Candida (1898) act 3
The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit”, p.937, e-artnow
I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.
'Major Barbara' (1907) act 2
The vilest abortionist is he who attempts to mould a child's character.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.5797, e-artnow
Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4489, e-artnow
Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen.
'Major Barbara' (1907) act 1
George Bernard Shaw (1994). “John Bull's Other Island”, p.47, Penguin UK
Spend all you have before you die, and do not outlive yourself.
From his Preface on Doctors published with The Doctor's Dilemma (1911)
