You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?

—George Bernard Shaw

About George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman...

More quotations from George Bernard Shaw

While we don't have much say over the desires that we have, we certainly can decide which we prefer-and then search for ways to act on that basis.

—George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

—George Bernard Shaw

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

—George Bernard Shaw

There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. It's as if you're in a glass room, and the walls keep getting thicker and thicker.

—George Bernard Shaw

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

—George Bernard Shaw

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Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

—Friedrich von Schiller

The wisest men follow their own direction.

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

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To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.

—Cynthia Ozick

Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't.

—Brett Butler

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