Quotes
Quotations of George Bernard Shaw"It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society, it is belief."(George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950 / The Preface to Androcles and the Lion / 1912) "The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality." (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950 / The Preface to Androcles and the Lion / 1912) "Patriotism, public opinion, parental duty, discipline, religion, morality, are only fine names for intimidation." (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950 / Man and Superman) "All great truths begin as blasphemies." (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950 / Annajanska) "Martyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability." (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950) "Emotional excitement reaches men through tea, tobacco, opium, whisky, and religion." (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950) "At present there is not a single credible established religion in the world." (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950) "Heaven, as conventionally described, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable, that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside." (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950) "No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means." (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950) "Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?" (George Bernard Shaw / 1856-1950) Biography of George Bernard Shaw |