George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman, Pygmalionand Saint Joan. With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth26 July 1856
CityDublin, Ireland
CountryIreland
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.
When I was a young man I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work.
Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg
If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they would still not reach a conclusion.
If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
The most striking result of our present system of farming out the national land and capital to private individuals has been the division of society into hostile classes, with large appetites and no dinners at one extreme, and large dinners no appetit
Better a leader of Fabianism than a chorus man in parliament.
The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me
It is only natural that a man should have established friendly relationship with the wives of his friends, but if he is wise he quits all ideas of sex out of the question.
Kings are not born: they are made by universal hallucination
A family enjoying the unspeakable peace and freedom of being orphans
I've been offered titles, but I think they get one into disreputable company.