George Bernard Shaw once said , " I often quote myself . It adds spice to my conversation . " He had a lot of good ones to choose from .
1.“If you may not get rid of the class skeleton in the closet , you may as well make it dance . “—FromImmaturity
2.“A animation spent have mistake is not only more honorable , but more useful than a life sentence spent doing nothing . " — FromThe Doctor ’s Dilemma
3."[The ] index of accurate observance … is commonly called cynicism by those who have not get it . " — The populace
4.“The unconscious self is the real star . Your breathing goes wrong the moment your witting self meddles with it . " — FromMaxims for revolutionary
5.“There are no secrets better kept than the mystery everybody guesses . " — FromMrs . Warren ’s Profession
6.“We teach from experience that men never learn anything from experience . " — viaColumbia University Press
7.“Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you . Their tastes may not be the same . " — FromMaxims for Revolutionists
8.“He knows nothing ; and he thinks he be intimate everything . That points clearly to a political career . " — FromMajor Barbara
9.“There is no sincerer love than the love of solid food . " — FromMan and Superman
10.“Hell is full of melodious amateurs . " — FromMan and Superman
11.“My way of joking is to tell the truth . It ’s the funniest joke in the earth . " — FromJohn Bull ’s Other Island
12.“As long as I have a want , I have a cause for living . Satisfaction is death . " — FromOverruled
13.“The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL : LEARN TO DO WELL ; but as the inscription was on the outside , the prisoner could not interpret it . " — FromPreface for English Prisons Under Local Government
14.“Those who can not change their minds can not change anything . " — viaThe Quintessence of G.B.S. : The Wit and Wisdom of Bernard Shaw
