George Bernard Shaw on Philosophy
Browse 10 quotations attributed to George Bernard Shaw, catalogued under Philosophy, with dates where available.
This page displays 10 quotations attributed to George Bernard Shaw and filed under "Philosophy" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to George Bernard Shaw, entry #136757: "We have no reason to suppose that we are the Creator's last word."
Attributed to George Bernard Shaw, entry #231604: "A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry."
10 Quotes by George Bernard Shaw on Philosophy
"We have no reason to suppose that we are the Creator's last word."
"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry."
"No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot."
"Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her."
"My specialty is being right when other people are wrong."
"Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it..."
"“You can't be a hero without being a coward."
"The Italians must allow us to slaughter the Momands, because, if we do not kill the warlike hillmen, they will kill us. And we must allow the Italians to slaughter the Danakils for the same reason."
"Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be very reluctant to undertake the work of governing."
"But no public man in these islands ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means; and I have no reason to hope that Mr Coote may be an exception to the rule."