George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
-
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
-
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
-
Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
-
Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
-
The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
-
My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and a state. I am a great believer in the need for Israel to be a Jewish state. I certainly believe my children will pass that on to their children.
-
I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
-
I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.
-
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
-
The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
-
You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
-
I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.
-
There are certain things that I do - I don't eat chicken or pork. I stay away from red meat a lot; I eat fish most of the time. I think it makes me feel cleaner, not just body wise. I feel good.
-
Politicians make phony promises all the time that they can't deliver.
-
I do really silly dancing. I love dancing, but I'm not cool when I dance. It's not about my moves, it's not about how cool I am, it's not about how slick I look on the dance floor, it's about having a great time.
-
There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.
-
We had a saying at Blockbuster: 'If you don't come in on Saturday, don't bother coming in on Sunday.' We worked hard.
-
Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100 mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.
-
Listen, it's very easy not to be ripped off, you know. Get yourself a lawyer.
-
Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.
-
The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.
-
I don't think piracy is going to kill the music industry. But digital technology and the ability to download will change the packaging from CDs to a single-based business.
-
God is on the side of the big battalions.
