Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. George Bernard Shaw Parenting
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. George Bernard Shaw Government
There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage. George Bernard Shaw Marriage
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw Failure
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. George Bernard Shaw Society
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. George Bernard Shaw Time
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw Life
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. George Bernard Shaw Art
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open. George Bernard Shaw Anniversary
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. George Bernard Shaw Marriage
I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. George Bernard Shaw Courage