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George Bernard Shaw

While writing over 60 plays, numerous stories and 5 novels, George Bernard Shaw supported himself as a journalist, writing for various publications as a book, art and music critic. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1924. It is estimated that he wrote over 250,000 letters in his lifetime. He lived to age 94.

“The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.”

“If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people’s opinions will rush in from all quarters.”

“People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.”

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

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Sometimes it is safer to go along with the crowd…

The story was told that after a premiere performance of Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Man,” the playwrite was asked to take a bow. While in the midst of bowing to enthusiastic applause, an audience member from the balcony yelled, “Come, come, Shaw, you know all this stuff is balderdash.” Bernard Shaw looked towards the person and in a friendly voice exclaimed, “I quite agree with you, my friend, but who are you and I against so many?”

“Give a man health and a course to steer; and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.”

“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.”

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

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Spot-on advice for many a family…

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

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

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A sharp barb regarding music...

“There are some experiences in life that should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.”

- George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)

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