Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.””

“Youth is wasted on the young.””

“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.””

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.””

“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.””

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.””

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.””

“When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.””

“The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.””

“Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!””

“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.””

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