Creative Quotations from . . .
George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950) born on
Jul 26
Irish dramatist, critic. He is generally recognized as the best dramatist since Shakespeare; promoted social reform with "drama of ideas."
         
   
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F
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it . . . It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth, without making some other Englishman despise him.

R
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.
A
The national anthem belongs to the eighteenth century. In it you find us ordering God about to do our political dirty work.
N
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
K
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: Pygmalion," Preface
R:
A: A member of the Caravan of the Curious, in The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (1932).
N: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
K: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
 

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