George Bernard Shaw

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Get a black suit and just freeload, problem it’s too God damned late now even to be any of the things I never wanted to be.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

Socialists think profits are a vice; I consider losses the real vice.

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

To him whom contemplates a trait of natural beauty, no harm nor despair can come. The doctrines of despair, spiritual or political servitude, were never taught by those who shared the serenity of Nature. For each phase of Nature, though not invisible, is yet not too distinct or obtrusive. It is there to be found when we look for it, but not too demanding of our attention.