George Bernard Shaw Quotes

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

George Bernard Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CourageLionPeopleThoughtNever

During my 40s, I thought I couldn't wear red lipstick. I thought it was just too much and I couldn't do it anymore. I don't know why. But now, I'm going to wear red lipstick for as long as I want.

Andie MacDowell

RedThoughtLongRed LipstickKnow

Theatre's still expensive compared to downloading on Netflix; that has to be addressed. It doesn't mean it has to be over-subsidised by the state, but it's something we're trying to figure out.

Robert Lepage

TheatreTryingNetflixMeanOut

It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.

Anna Paquin

LifeWorkFreedomGreatEnjoyYou

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

Anita Brookner

LoveLove IsPeopleStrategyReal

In the Second World War, they're talking about the Japanese traitors and putting them into concentration camps. But companies like DuPont had factories in Germany turning out stuff for the German Army.

Rob Walton

WarWorldArmyTalkingOutTraitors

It seems to me that we live in dangerous times all over the world: we have the technology to remember everything but a desire to forget the troubling and to seek the safety of numbness. Fiction can do something about that.

Romesh Gunesekera

LiveTechnologyMeSafetyWorld

I don't really have time or interest in doing a lot of the crazy things that some of my teenage peers do, mostly because I have such a hectic life that I don't need to add to that chaos by creating my own teenage drama like a lot of teenagers do.

Mikaela Shiffrin

LifeTimeCrazyChaosDoingDrama

As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours.

LL Cool J

HopeManPeopleWorldBlackI Can

As a newcomer to America who learned to 'speak American' by watching movies, I firmly believe that to change the politics of immigration and citizenship, we must change culture - the way we portray undocumented people like me and our role in society.

Jose Antonio Vargas

ChangeCulturePoliticsPeopleMe

It was a natural progression for me to find that if acting was what made me most comfortable, the best thing for me to progress toward was television and film.

Chris Wood

BestProgressMeFindActingFilm

When somebody asks about the greatest players in history, I start with Bill Russell. More than the best player is the MVP, and the MVP in the history of team sports is Bill Russell.

Bobby Knight

SportsHistoryBestTeamStartMore

I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars.

Broderick Crawford

WalkSomeoneWantNothingLeftSons

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