George Bernard Shaw Quotes

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950

Topics

LifeMistakesDoingMaking Mistakes

When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.

Jessica Savitch

WomanNewsAnchorNeverFirstSeen

You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.

Jennifer Armentrout

RejectionYouDownWayOutOwn

There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.

Max von Sydow

ImaginationCastingSomeMuchLots

In Selma, Alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. The only place you could attempt to register was to go down to the courthouse. You had to pass a so-called literacy test. And they would tell people over and over again that they didn't or couldn't pass the literacy test.

John Lewis

AgePeopleVotingYouDownPlace

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Tom Peters

DesignMeetingSingleCriticalEvery

Physical labor, manual labor - if you can stay close to those folks, there's always plenty to write about, 'cause their issues are real issues.

Jason Isbell

YouLaborWriteRealAlwaysStay

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal.

Jorge Luis Borges

DeathManKnowIgnorantDivine

Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction.

Don Shula

DirectionRightDolphinsFanAnybody

There certainly are people who are a pain to work with. I'd be crazy to name them. You can't be indiscreet in this business.

Annie Leibovitz

WorkBusinessPainPeopleCrazyYou

To have that normality to come back to, to totally relax and not have to deal with a lot of the pressure that's put on young actors makes it a lot easier.

Asa Butterfield

RelaxPressureBackYoungDealCome

Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will.

Peter Singer

ControlWillMoreKnowingOwnOur

Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you're never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don't warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic.

Tim Ferriss

TimeSocial MediaPeopleCriticism

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