George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves.
-
I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
-
I'm going to name a name: Janet Evanovich. She writes the same book over and over, and I read every single one of them and eagerly anticipate them.
-
Different races never fazed me because coming from Bethnal Green, I'd been around people of different races forever. Different class? That was much harder.
-
I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.
-
There is no sin coveting things are of no great use or profit, but would show out good and have some grandeur around them.
-
Making a donation is the ultimate sign of solidarity. Actions speak louder than words.
-
You never want to defend a joke. People get to choose whether or not to laugh and whether or not they think something is funny.
-
But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.
-
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
-
To me the earth's most explosive and pernicious evil is racism, the inability of God's creatures to live as One, especially in the Western world.
-
As the chosen people bore in their features the sign manual of Jehovah, so the division of labour brands the manufacturing workman as the property of capital.
-
Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?
-
Science repulses the indefinite.
-
Alfred Nobel, 'Aphorisms by Alfred Nobel'. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014.
-
Tiesto is legend. I've been in the studio many times. We did a tour together; I jumped onstage with him, he jumped onstage with me. Still, every time, I have to pinch myself and realize this is the guy who made me start doing what I'm doing right now.
-
For those of you looking for your action-packed read, check out 'Red Queen' by Victoria Aveyard and 'Vengeance Road' by Erin Bowman. One's a fantasy and one's a Western, but they both feature strong leading ladies and some harrowing twists!
-
Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.
-
I had hoped that going to Hiroshima would reveal something small, gritty, and precise to countervail the epic quality of historical accounts.
-
Praise is so powerful that it opens the eyes of people who don't want to see.
-
Everyone can commit to 20 minutes, especially if there’s a glass of Chardonnay afterwards.
-
When Lonnie Mack came out with the guitar instrumental "Memphis" I thought, Oh God, finally somebody we guitar players can relate to!
-
When you're in a start-up, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. Each is 10 percent of the company. So why wouldn't you take as much time as necessary to find all the A players? If three were not so great, why would you want a company where 30 percent of your people are not so great? A small company depends on great people much more than a big company does.
-
I claim to be a conscientiously immoral writer.