George Bernard Shaw Quotes

I claim to be a conscientiously immoral writer.

George Bernard Shaw

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• The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Past
  • Universe
  • Understand

• I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Influence
  • First
  • Chaos

• 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.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • People
  • Different
  • Me

• There is no sin coveting things are of no great use or profit, but would show out good and have some grandeur around them.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Good
  • Great
  • Profit

• Making a donation is the ultimate sign of solidarity. Actions speak louder than words.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • Words
  • Speak
  • Donation

• 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.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • People
  • Funny
  • Laugh

• 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.

  

  Kanye West
  • Time
  • Opportunity
  • Myself

• 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.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Success
  • Best
  • Effort

• 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.

  

  Malcolm X
  • World
  • God
  • Live

• Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Nature

• Science repulses the indefinite.

  

  Claude Bernard
  • Science

• Alfred Nobel, 'Aphorisms by Alfred Nobel'. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014.

  

  Alfred Nobel

• 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.

  

  Martin Garrix Area21
  • Time
  • Together
  • Guy

• 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!

  

  Alexandra Bracken
  • Strong
  • Action
  • Road

• Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.

  

  Paul Westerberg The Replacements
  • Music
  • Reading
  • Listening

• I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher.

  

  Marta Kristen
  • Live
  • Mother
  • Father

• I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal.

  

  Mark Zupan
  • World
  • College
  • Hurt

• Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them.

  

  Neil Young Buffalo Springfield
  • Country
  • Kids
  • Support

• I like Ryan Gosling from the inside. I think he's a beautiful person, and then if you didn't have anything, I'd still be his friend.

  

  Ashton Moio
  • Beautiful
  • Friend

• Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke.

  

  Keke Palmer
  • She
  • Friend
  • Sister

• I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.

  

  Elon Musk
  • Help
  • Progress

• Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

  

  Ahmet Davutoglu
  • Attitude
  • Engagement

• I claim to be a conscientiously immoral writer.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Immoral writer