George Bernard Shaw1856–1950The quotations of
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist
1856–1950
99 quotes, most often on Love, Morality and Clever Jabs.
- Annajanska (1919)
- The Philanderer (1893), Act II
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton. You may as well make it dance.
- Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1893), Act II (Vivie)
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
Martin Avery Sherry Baby: Young Love/First Love, Lulu.com, p. 5.Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
- Man and Superman (1903), Maxims for Revolutionists, p. 243 Stray Sayings
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
Attributed in Colin Jarman, The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
- Maxims for Revolutionists (1903), #17
If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.
