These are some assorted quotes from George Bernard Shaw.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Just as I cannot remember any time when I could not read and write, I cannot remember any time when I did not exercise my imagination in daydreams about women.
-- George Bernard Shaw
The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.
-- George Bernard Shaw
A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.
-- George Bernard Shaw
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
-- George Bernard Shaw
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Imagine what you desire. Will what you imagine. Create what you will.
-- George Bernard Shaw
It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be privileged to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to corrupt the youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's uncles.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Lack of money is the root of all evil.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not.
-- George Bernard Shaw
The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
-- George Bernard Shaw
The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!
-- George Bernard Shaw
Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.
-- George Bernard Shaw
When we know what God is, we shall be gods ourselves.
-- George Bernard Shaw
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
-- George Bernard Shaw
This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances.
-- George Bernard Shaw
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
-- George Bernard Shaw
The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.
-- George Bernard Shaw