George Bernard Shaw

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned."	Art
"A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic."	Art
"A man never tells you anything until you contradict him."	Debate
"A man never tells you anything until you contradict him."	Anti-Religion, Argument
"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them."	America
"And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until the gods are tired of blood and create a race that can understand."	Anti-Religion, Violence
"Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry."	Success, Insults
"Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius."	Genius
"Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom."	Love, Conformity
"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."	Economics, Democracy
"Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough."	Time
"Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on."	Food
"General consultant to mankind."	Art
"Go on writing plays, my boy, One of these days one of these London producers will go into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this morning?" and when she says, "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy."	Art
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history."	Economics, History
"I absolutely forbid any such outrage."	Art
"I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation."	Music
"I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation."	Art
"I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow's feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong."	Beauty
"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation."	Quotations
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America	Anti-God	Anti-Religion
Argument	Art	Baseball
Beauty	Capitalism	Conformity
Debate	Democracy	Economics
Family	Fear	Food
Genius	God	Happiness
History	Imagination	Insults
Liberty	Life	Love
Marriage	Men	Money
Music	Philosophy	Prayer
Quotations	Religion	Science
Sex	Stupidity	Success
Time	Violence	Virtue
Wisdom	Women	Worrying