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No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

George Bernard Shaw
Creativity, Questions And Answers, Problem Solving
"Questions That Work: How to Ask Questions That Will Help You Succeed in Any Business Situation". Book by Andrew Finlayson, p. 239, 2001.

It has taken me nearly twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public; and I am not sure that I am not still regarded as a suspicious character in some quarters.

George Bernard Shaw
Taken, Character, Self

Be like the sun and meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter.

George Bernard Shaw
Winter, Sun, Meadows
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.265, e-artnow

The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas.

George Bernard Shaw
Play, Ideas, Quality
"The Play of Ideas". New Statesman, May 6, 1950.

I really don't think I could consent to go to Heaven if I thought there were no animals there.

George Bernard Shaw
Animal, Thinking, Heaven
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.3261, e-artnow

A newspaper, not having to act on its descriptions and reports, but only to sell them to idly curious people, has nothing but honor to lose by inaccuracy and non-veracity.

George Bernard Shaw
People, Gossip, Honor

The worst sin... is... to be indifferent.

George Bernard Shaw
Apathy, Sin, Worst

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

George Bernard Shaw
Religious, Atheist, Truth
Annajanska (1919)

Imagination is the beginning of creation.

George Bernard Shaw
Creativity, Imagination, Creation
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.2919, e-artnow

Most people go to their grave with their music inside them.

George Bernard Shaw
People, Graves

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

George Bernard Shaw
Kwanzaa, Class, Community
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.2527, e-artnow

Remember that the progress of the world depends on your knowing better than your elders.

George Bernard Shaw
Knowing Better, Progress, World
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.2902, e-artnow

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich-something for nothing.

George Bernard Shaw
Gambling, Promise, Rich

All progress depends upon the unreasonable person.

George Bernard Shaw
Progress, Unreasonable, Persons

I want to be all used up when I die.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Death, Dying

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

George Bernard Shaw
Stupidity, Religion, Might

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

George Bernard Shaw
Love, Funny, Humor

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

George Bernard Shaw
Inspirational, Children, Book

Has fear ever held a man back from anything he really wanted?

George Bernard Shaw
Fear, Men, Wanted
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.1259, e-artnow

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

George Bernard Shaw
Wise, Witty, Stupid
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Stray Sayings"

Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job.

George Bernard Shaw
Jobs, Garden, Gardening
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.4723, e-artnow

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

George Bernard Shaw
Marriage, Wedding, Opportunity
Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903)

We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.

George Bernard Shaw
Real, Atmosphere, Skins
Man and Superman (1903) act 1

I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me.

George Bernard Shaw
Women, Stupid, Brain

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

George Bernard Shaw
Men, People, Way
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.699, e-artnow

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