Day In & Day Out: George Bernard Shaw

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Monday, 28 October 2024

"Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn. You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak."

–– George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, critic, and social activist

via: Sketchbook O 15, 2024, p. 43.

"A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable, but useful than a life spent doing nothing."

–– George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, critic, and social activist

via: Commonplace Book, 2022, 2022, p. 31.

"A man ... progresses in all things by making a fool of himself."

–– George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, critic, and social activist

via: Sketchbook 31, 2021, p. 120.

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

–– George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, critic, and social activist

via Sketchbook 13, 2010, p. 17