George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) quotations

"If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they'll kill you." - George Bernard Shaw
"I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people." - George Bernard Shaw
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw
"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve." - George Bernard Shaw
"If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion." - George Bernard Shaw
"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." - George Bernard Shaw
"Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability." - George Bernard Shaw
"Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing." - George Bernard Shaw
" A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth." - George Bernard Shaw
"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them." - George Bernard Shaw
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation." - George Bernard Shaw