A Night of Shaw - Playwright

George Bernard Shaw

"Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die."

(his last words)

George Bernard Shaw was born in 1856 and died in 1950. He was a celebrated Irish playwright and critic who was well known for his witty language and social critiques. Shaw wrote plays like Man and Superman to get people to agree with him through the art of theater. His works explored gender roles and class struggle while also challenging traditional thinking and political reform. His works led him to win a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and solidified himself as an influential voice in theater and social activism.

Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."

"A cigarette is a piece of paper rolled around tobacco with a fire on one end and a fool on the other."

"Do not unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."

"He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career."

"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."

"Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it."

"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship."

"Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire."

"Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting."

"If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog."

"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity."

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance."