George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 2
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Stray Sayings"
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.374, e-artnow
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Liberty and Equality"
Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
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Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
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.3694, e-artnow
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.2620, e-artnow
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw (2007). “Back to Methuselah”, p.315, 1st World Publishing
If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate.
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.3417, e-artnow
The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.
Attributed in "Teaching as a Subversive Activity" by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner, 1971.
Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903). A further extension appears in Jacob M. Braude, Speaker's Encyclopedia of Stories, Quotations, and Anecdotes (1955): "Those who can, do; those who can't teach; and those who can't do anything at all, teach the teachers."
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