14 of George Bernard Shaw's Most Brilliant Quotes

George Bernard Shaw once said, "I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation." He had a lot of good ones to choose from.

1. "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." — From Immaturity

2. "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." — From The Doctor's Dilemma

3. "[The] power of accurate observation ... is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." — The World

4. "The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it." — From Maxims for Revolutionaries

5. "There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses." — From Mrs. Warren's Profession

6. "We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience." — via Columbia University Press

7. "Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same." — From Maxims for Revolutionists

8. "He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career." — From Major Barbara

9. "There is no sincerer love than the love of food." — From Man and Superman

10. "Hell is full of musical amateurs." — From Man and Superman

11. "My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world." — From John Bull's Other Island

12. "As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death." — From Overruled

13. "The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL; but as the inscription was on the outside, the prisoners could not read it." — From Preface for English Prisons Under Local Government

14. "Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." — via The Quintessence of G.B.S.: The Wit and Wisdom of Bernard Shaw