Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.