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Misattributed quotes — George Bernard Shaw

1856–1950 Ireland

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10 quotes

You can't make a man a Christian unless you first make him believe he is a sinner.

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Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.

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The Bible is most dangerous book ever written on earth, keep it under lock and key.

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In my view, Anglo-Irish history is for Englishmen to remember, for Irishmen to forget.

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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Misattributed The attribution to Shaw comes from Leadership Skills for Managers (2000)

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

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If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

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I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. ... You get dirty and besides the pig likes it.

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George Bernard Shaw is said to have told W.S.C.:
Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend—if you have one.
W.S.C. to G.B.S.:
Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second—if there is one.

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A: Would you sleep with me for $1,000,000?
B: ...YES!
A: How about $1?
B: What do you think I am?

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Bernard Shaw (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.