George Bernard Shaw Quotes

If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters.

George Bernard Shaw

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• All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!

  

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• There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.

  

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• I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.

  

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• I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.

  

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• The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.

  

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• When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.

  

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• Twenty years ago, I said there was going to be something that would stop the Soviet Union from taking over the world. And now we see that the Soviet Union has been stopped, through its own disintegration.

  

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• I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.

  

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• When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was in a boarding school and the nuns gave me poems to remember to try and get the memory going again.

  

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• Just as physical exercise is a well-known and well-accepted means to improve health for anyone, regardless of age or background, so can the brain be put 'into shape' for optimal learning.

  

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• I'll always welcome some extra shifts and some extra ice time, and it's my job to be as prepared as possible to play those minutes.

  

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• I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.

  

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• Every little girl wanted to be Natalie Wood, as did I.

  

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• Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.

  

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• I believe that there is no substitute for actually touching evidence, viewing artifacts, visiting a site.

  

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• I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.

  

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• I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

  

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• Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.

  

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• If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Democracy
  • Chance
  • Despotism