I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum
George Bernard ShawBoth optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
George Bernard ShawYou don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.
George Bernard ShawTags: aging-gracefully aging
In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.
George Bernard ShawTags: writing literature
BRITANNUS (shocked).
Caesar: this is not proper.
THEODOTUS (outraged).
How!
CAESAR (recovering his self-possession).
Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
Tags: narrowmindedness xenophobia parochial-thought
Bear it like a man, even if you feel it like an ass.
George Bernard ShawWhat we want to see is the child in pursuit of the knowledge not the knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard ShawTags: education knowledge youth
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
George Bernard ShawAny man over forty is a scoundrel.
George Bernard ShawI like flowers, I also like children, but I do not chop their heads off and keep them in bowls of water around the house.
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