George Bernard Shaw Quotes
I had patience with them for many ages: they tried me very sorely. They did terrible things: they embraced death, and said that eternal life was a fable. I stood amazed at the malice and destructiveness of the things I had made...
Quotes to Explore
-
A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
-
I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
-
'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
-
I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
-
The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
-
My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
-
I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
-
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
-
It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
-
I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
-
I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
-
Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.
-
We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
-
I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.
-
I think the premise of somebody trying to recreate a night from their teenage years stuck with me as something potentially very tragically comic.
-
We are driven by providing technology to enterprise customers.
-
My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
-
Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
-
Some will object that the Law is divine and holy. Let it be divine and holy. The Law has no right to tell me that I must be justified by it.
-
Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
-
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
-
To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
-
I had patience with them for many ages: they tried me very sorely. They did terrible things: they embraced death, and said that eternal life was a fable. I stood amazed at the malice and destructiveness of the things I had made...
