George Bernard Shaw Quotes

A statesman who confines himself to popular legislation - or, for the matter of that, a playwright who confines himself to popular plays - is like a blind man's dog who goes wherever the blind man pulls him, on the ground that both of them want to go to the same place.

George Bernard Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DogManBlindPlaceGoWant

There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood.

Jeremy Irvine

PeopleMeFriendsBackVillageOut

One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.

John Gunther

GreenGolfBallLikeGolf Ball

You don't stay undefeated without being a little stubborn.

Andre Ward

StubbornYouWithoutLittleStay

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

Aneurin Bevan

BusinessReadingDutyMade

The quantity and quality of your sleep plays a major role in your ability to learn new information.

Amy Morin

QualitySleepLearnInformationNew

Zika is spread by mosquitos. They are tough to control. It will bite four or five people at one blood meal. They can breed in the amount of water it takes to fill up a bottle cap or, theoretically, even a drop of water. You have to get rid of maybe 90% of them or more before you protect people.

Tom Frieden

WaterPeopleControlToughYouCap

I always say if I'm not good at something it's just because I've not had time to focus on it... it's just uncrafted, like a slab of rock that contains the statue of David within it.

Michael Sheen

GoodTimeFocusJust BecauseRock

When I got to Cal, they tried to put me in safe classes, things I could succeed at. I went to Cal for an education. That's definitely problematic. You see athletes taking majors that don't add up to anything.

Jaylen Brown

EducationMeSucceedYouSeeUp

People are like, 'Wow you started your own record label,' and treat me like I'm some sort of innovative genius, when I'm not at all. You've got the Internet and music - you put them together, and people hear your music.

Courtney Barnett

MusicTogetherPeopleMeTreatYou

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

Peyton Manning

BusinessRelationshipFootballThings

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.

Thomas Bulfinch

SuitsYearBodyMailIronPieces

It's impossible for five people to have the exact same ambitions all around.

Normani Kordei

PeopleImpossibleSameFiveAround

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