Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

“I want to be all used up when I die.”

“People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.”

“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”

“When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work”

“Its so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.”

“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”

“The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people”

“My reputation grows with every failure.”

“I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going”

“My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.”

“A fools brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.”

“If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.”

“If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldnt be anything for us to do.”

“If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes.”

“If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat”

“What becomes of the broken-hearted? They buy shoes”

“You never truly know someone until youve walked a mile in his shoes.”

“If the shoe fits, wear it”

“If I have learned one thing in this life, it is that God will not tie my shoes without me”

“Shopping tip: You can get shoes for 85 cents at the bowling alley”