George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Even under the most perfect Social Democracy we should, without Communism, still be living like hogs, except that each hog would get his fair share of grub.... Whilst we are hogs, let us at least be well-fed, healthy, reciprocally useful hogs, instead of--well, instead of the sort we are at present.

George Bernard Shaw

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• We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.

  

  Walt Mossberg
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  • Action
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• In the wake of the United Kingdom's vote to 'Brexit' the E.U., we Europeans will indeed have to rethink how our Union works; but we know very well what we need to work for. We know what our principles, interests, and priorities are.

  

  Federica Mogherini
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• I don't like to make a big splash anyway.

  

  Larry David
  • Like
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• Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

  

  Ilya Ehrenburg
  • Character
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• It's actually harder to write a fun song.

  

  Taryn Manning Boomkat
  • Fun
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• There is not love where there is no will.

  

  Indira Gandhi
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Will

• What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Funny
  • Human
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• About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'

  

  Finn Jones
  • Up
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• My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Life
  • Mistake
  • Doing

• In the beginning, when I was doing my shows, I was incorporating a lot of Spanish, just trying to be a Latino comic instead of just a comic. Now I try to make the show as broad as possible... I don't want to alienate people. I want to make it so everybody can follow along and everybody can relate.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • People
  • Trying
  • Beginning

• I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.

  

  Rafael Vinoly
  • Believe
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• When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Up
  • Father
  • Myself

• I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.

  

  Beatrice Dalle
  • Work
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• For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

  

  C. J. Cherryh
  • World
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• I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.

  

  Tea Leoni
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• If you're clever enough and creative enough to get a good film made, then you should be clever enough and creative enough to find ways to get it out there, one being something like Jameson First Shot.

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • Good
  • Find
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• I think starting in anime, like I did, gave me a good idea of how to approach games that come from Japan. Japanese developers can be very different from companies here in the western market.

  

  Laura Bailey
  • Good
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• I'm thinking to myself, I just love doing the art, it takes me a morning to do.

  

  Eddie Campbell
  • Thinking
  • Art
  • Morning

• The kitchen is the heart of the house.

  

  Alvaro Enrigue
  • Heart
  • House
  • Kitchen

• Aging gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking a wreck. Don't worry girls, look like a wreck, that's the way it goes.

  

  Jeanne Moreau
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Worry

• It grieves us to produce work that is not perfect.

  

  Peter O'Toole
  • Perfect
  • Produce

• Writers can express ideas and emotions that are important to them but have no other means of expression. Some of these ideas may be fantastic, and some of the emotions may be given clearer voice in fantastic fiction.

  

  Brian Stableford
  • Important
  • May

• Even under the most perfect Social Democracy we should, without Communism, still be living like hogs, except that each hog would get his fair share of grub.... Whilst we are hogs, let us at least be well-fed, healthy, reciprocally useful hogs, instead of--well, instead of the sort we are at present.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Perfect
  • Communism
  • Social Democracy