As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWThe thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
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I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.
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What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.
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Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.
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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple.
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The liar’s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.
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Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t!
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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
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In heaven an angel is no one in particular.
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It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
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The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
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Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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Imagination is the beginning of creation.
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When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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Whisky is liquid sunshine.
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
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Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.
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