George Bernard Shaw The Apple Cart
That is my last word. Think over it.
The Apple Cart (1928) Preface
1920s
George Bernard Shaw The Apple Cart
That is my last word. Think over it.
The Apple Cart (1928) Preface
1920s
“I don't want to talk grammar, I want to talk like a lady.”
Act II
1910s, Pygmalion (1912)
The Serpent, in Pt. V
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.”
Act II
1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
Answers to Nine Questions (September 1896), answers to nine questions submitted by Clarence Rook, who had interviewed him in 1895
1890s
Version given in Irrepressible Churchill: A Treasury of Winston Churchill’s Wit by Kay Halle, 1966 <br class="br">Apocryphal, from 1946. See discussion at Winston Churchill#Misattributed, and detailed discussion at “ Here are Two Tickets for the Opening of My Play. Bring a Friend—If You Have One http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/25/two-tickets-shaw/”, Garson O’Toole, Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/, (March 25, 2012) <br class="br">Misattributed
“You cannot be a hero without being a coward.”
Preface http://books.google.com/books?id=u4xiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22You+cannot+be+a+hero+without+being+a+coward%22&pg=PR13#v=onepage <br class="br">1900s, John Bull's Other Island (1907)
“Scratch an Englishman and find a Protestant.”
George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan
Saint Joan : A Chronicle Play In Six Scenes And An Epilogue (1923)
1920s
The Serpent, in Pt I : In the Beginning
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
#160
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.”
Pt. V
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“Beware of the man whose god is in the skies.”
#83
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for every day.”
Episode I
1910s, Misalliance (1910)
The Daily Chronicle on the 7 March 1917 https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/george-bernard-shaw-joyriding-on-the-front. <br class="br">1910s, The Technique of War (1917)
1900s, Love Among the Artists (1900)