George Bernard Shaw

“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.”

“Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.”

“Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.”

“When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.”

“Hell is full of musical amateurs.”

“Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.”

“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”

“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.”

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”

“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.”

“Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.”

“Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.”

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”

“The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.”

“The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.”

“A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.”

“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.”

“The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.”

“Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of food.”

“Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.”