689 ordspråk av George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw föddes den July 26th 1856 och dog den 2 November 1950 - 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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 I never expect a soldier to think. |
| I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me. |
| I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. |
| I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. |
| I quite agree with you, sir, but what can two do against so many? |
| I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could. |
| I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else. |
| I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the power and the glory. I say to them ''You are supreme: exercise your power'.' They say, ''That's right: tell us what to do';' and I tell them. I say ''Exercise our vote intelligently by voting for me'.' And they do. That's democracy; and a splendid thing it is too for putting the right men in the right place. |
| I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it in to existence or clearing the way for it |
| I want to be all used up when I die. |
| I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. |
| I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. |
| I was a freethinker before I knew how to think |
| I wish all Americans were as blind as you. |
| I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence. |
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