George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Irish playwright and critic, Nobel laureate, famed for Pygmalion and his razor-sharp wit. Shaw's epigrams on life, progress and youth are endlessly quotable. Below are 15 of the most loved George Bernard Shaw quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances.
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Youth is wasted on the young.