George Bernard Shaw

Common people do not pray; they only beg.

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

It is a woman’s business to get married as soon as possible, and a man’s to keep unmarried as long as he can.

I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

Let us my friends snatch our opportunity from the passing day.

If we live truly, we shall see truly.

Language is the archives of history.

Power doesn’t corrupt people; people corrupt power.

Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

It’s powerful to have strong men but what does that strength mean?

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.

Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life.