Humor Quote by George Bernard Shaw — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.”

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

“Eliza has no use for the foolish romantic tradition that all women love to be mastered, if not actually bullied and beaten.”

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

“HIGGINS [*snatching a chocolate cream from the piano, his eyes suddenly beginning to twinkle with mischief*] Have some chocolates, Eliza.”

“While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he himself had inscribed for a friend: "To ----, with esteem, George Bernard Shaw.”

“[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.”

“Wit is educated insolence.”

“That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.”

“Murphy hung up and I said, to the still-open line, "Hey, if you've got someone watching my place, could you call the cops if anyone tries to steal my Star Wars poster? It's an original.”

“It’s like this…a starving man would gladly eat a radish, right? In fact, a radish would be a feast if that’s all he had. But if he had a buffet in front of him, the radish would never be chosen.”

“The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.”