George Bernard Shaw

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"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
"I absolutely forbid any such outrage."	Art
"If Pygmalion is not good enough for your friends with its own verbal music, their talent must be altogether extraordinary."	Art
"You have to choose (as a voter) between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold."	Anti-God, Capitalism
"You have set up in New York Harbor a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete that monument is to put on its pedestal the inscription written by Dante on the gate of hell: "All hope abandon ye who enter here."	Economics, Liberty
"Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy."	Fear
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence."	Success, Insults
"The problem with political jokes is that they get elected."	Success, Insults
"If I wanted any shit from you, I'd scrape it off your dick!"	Success, Insults
"The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech."	Success, Insults
"Shaw writes plays for the ages, the ages between five and twelve."	Success, Insults
"Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry."	Success, Insults
"There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it."	God, Stupidity
"Life is a first draft... with NO rewrite."	Wisdom
"Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable."	Art
"What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game.... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability."	Baseball
"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
"Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom."	Love, Conformity
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."	Love, Conformity
"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
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