It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls.
George Bernard ShawA photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
George Bernard ShawIf you canโt appreciate what youโve got, youโd better get what you can appreciate.
George Bernard ShawThe novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last.
George Bernard ShawYou do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.
George Bernard ShawNo man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means.
George Bernard ShawMy situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will contains directions for my funeral, which will be followed, not by mourning coaches, but by oxen, sheep, flocks of poultry, and a small traveling aquarium of live fish, all wearing white scarves in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures. It will be, without the exception of Noah's Ark, the most remarkable thing of its kind ever seen.
George Bernard Shaw