George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. He was also an essayist, novelist and short story writer. Nearly all his writings address prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable. Issues which engaged Shaw's attention included education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege.
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“If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Why not give Christianity a trial?”
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“Pickering: Have you no morals, man? Doolittle: Can’t afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.”
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“Five hundred men, ordinary men, chosen accidentally from among the unemployed.”
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“There is something in you that I respect, and that makes me desire to have you for my enemy.”
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“I cringe when critics say I’m a master of the popular novel. What’s an unpopular novel?”
—Irwin Shaw (b. 1913)