The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw More Quotes by George Bernard Shaw More Quotes From George Bernard Shaw The road to ignorance is paved with good editions. Only the illiterate can afford to buy good books now. George Bernard Shaw good-book ignorance book A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded andobserves much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him--after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees. George Bernard Shaw genius men people Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that men never learn anything from history. George Bernard Shaw inspirational men funny The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer. George Bernard Shaw differences philosophy art He who has never hoped can never despair George Bernard Shaw hope expectations inspirational I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will. George Bernard Shaw professors girl flower We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation. George Bernard Shaw boards pain years Freedom, my good girl, means being able to count on how other people will behave. George Bernard Shaw freedom girl mean A dinner! How horrible! I am to be made the pretext for killing all those wretched animals and birds, and fish! Thank you for nothing. Now if it were to be a fast instead of a feast; say a solemn three days' abstention from corpses in my honour, I could at least pretend to believe that it was disinterested. Blood sacrifices are not in my line George Bernard Shaw sacrifice animal believe A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than dislike; for man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid. George Bernard Shaw mark animal men In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every private employer a dictator, every financier a dictator, all with the livelihood of the workers at his mercy, and no public responsibility. George Bernard Shaw boss revolution responsibility Live in contact with dreams and you will get something of their charm: live in contact with facts and you will get something of their brutality. I wish I could find a country to live in where the facts were not brutal and the dreams not real. George Bernard Shaw real dream country It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. George Bernard Shaw splendor courage blood Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English. George Bernard Shaw socialism communism Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't! George Bernard Shaw love life sex The test of good education is seeing how it behaves in a fight. George Bernard Shaw learning fighting education England and America are two countries separated by the same language. George Bernard Shaw two country america If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do. George Bernard Shaw Liberty is the breath of life to nations. George Bernard Shaw happy-independence-day 4th-of-july liberty What is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say I know instead of I am learning, and pray for credulity and inertia as wise men pray for skepticism and activity. George Bernard Shaw church wise men
