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George Bernard Shaw

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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW He who thinks he knows, doesn't know. He who knows that he doesn't know, knows.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL A scientist knows more & more about less & less till he knows everything about nothing while a philo...
UNKNOWN The only difference between a man and god is that man knows nothing but pretends as if he knows ever...
ANURAAG If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw.
JAMES HERRIOT He who thinks he knows, doesn’t know. He who knows that he doesn’t know, knows. For in this cont...
JOSEPH CAMPBELL The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is...
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL He who knows he who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows no...
PROVERB It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.
KIN HUBBARD He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him.
He who knows not and knows h...
BRUCE LEE He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows tha...
ARAB PROVERB He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows ...
PERSIAN PROVERB He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him.
He who knows not and he know...
BRUCE LEE He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
GEORGE HERBERT A person who thinks that he knows something better doesn’t know that his wife knows better than hi...
VIKRANT PARSAI “A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”
CARLOS CASTANEDA “A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”
CARLOS CASTANEDA He knows me. I'm his teacher. I taught him everything he knows.
PHILLIP DANIELS He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
JULES MICHELET Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
SOURCE UNKNOWN He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool - shun him. He who knows not and knows he ...
PROVERB It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, th...
JOYCE CARY He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not...
CONFUCIUS The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thin...
MORTIMER J. ADLER Men are four: He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool--shun him; He who kno...
LADY BURTON Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota...
FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv...
SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
...
LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more...
FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa...
HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin...
HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ...
HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w...
HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI The less one knows, the more he thinks he knows, and the more willing he is to employ any and all me...
PAUL HARRIS Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; ...
TIORIO It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know -- the less a man knows, the mor...
JOYCE CARY He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
BRAZILIAN PROVERB He who knows nothing, doubts nothing
SPANISH PROVERB Bruce has communicated very clearly with him. He knows it's imperative that he moves himself along.
BOB BRADLEY He acknowledges that he has an alcohol problem. He knows his whole career depends on doing this righ...
BEN ALLEN An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until eventually he knows everythi...
ANON. An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until eventually he knows everythi...
ANONYMOUS An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything ab...
NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.
ALBERT EINSTEIN God knows your abilities, and he also knows how to turn your weak points into strong ones
SUNDAY ADELAJA He who knows that he doesn't know, knows what he needs to know.
VIKRANT PARSAI A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
GRANVILLE HICKS A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
DR. LAURENCE J. PETER He knows the way the game is played, and he knows he has to fight to keep a career. He's obviously v...
ANDREW PETERS There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
IBN GABIROL There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL BEN JUDAH He who knows nothing, loves nothing./ He who can do nothing understands nothing./ He who understands...
PHILIPUS AUREOLUS PARACELSUS Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he...
JAMES BRYCE It seems like he knows everything,
JARED LORENZEN A moderately bad man knows he is not very good; a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right.
C.S. LEWIS He still asks questions. He doesn't think he knows everything. It's very refreshing.
DICK POLE He who knows best knows how little he knows.
THOMAS JEFFERSON He who knows best knows how little he knows
THOMAS JEFFERSON The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.
HAROLD COFFIN No one knows what he can do until he tries.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career.
FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. The critic I liked best to sit next to was an ill-dressed young man with a large red beard. His name...
HAROLD BAUER He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.
ITALIAN PROVERB His only weakness was the habit of prophesying war within the next fortnight. George Bernard Shaw
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN He knows that at the end of his football career, he's going to need to get a job, and that's somethi...
GREG BOTTA A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
DR. LAURENCE J. PETER Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.
AL UNSER Mark's been around for eons, it seems like. He's kind of seen everything. He's experienced everythin...
CASEY RABACH The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
JOSEPH ADDISON A man who says that he knows everything, does not know how to be meek.
BRANDITTES CHUA I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he k...
OLIVER CROMWELL I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he k...
OLIVER CROMWELL He knows he scares people. You get the impression he knows how to handle them.
WAYNE LAWSON Man can't say he knows nothing when saying it.
TOBA BETA He who doesn’t know what life is knows nothing.
VIKRANT PARSAI When George Bernard Shaw visited New Zealand a reporter asked him his impression of the place and, a...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW We feel like we're in a good position in this debate ... because the president knows what he thinks,...
MARY MATALIN He knows how to win. He sacrificed points to help the team win. He wants to get better and is a team...
GREG HEIER Engineer: a person who knows a great deal about very little and who goes along knowing more and more...
UNKNOWN The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in greatest concern thinks certainly he kn...
SHAFTESBURY Thus, as far as he is a scientific man, as far as he knows anything, he is a materialist; out...
FRIEDRICH ENGELS Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregat...
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL He knows little who tells his wife all he knows.
THOMAS FULLER Rudi knows he has been blessed. He never talks about it, but he knows you can't fool the Lord. He kn...
MICHAEL COLE There are risks in someone who believes that the peace process started the day he was elected prime ...
AKIVA ELDAR The guy knows everything. You ask him a question and he knows. He's definitely made me into a better...
JAXON MYAER Anybody that knows Ray knows what a good guy he is.
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceiv...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they wa...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing c...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other c...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure witho...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be n hell is to drift: to b...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were ...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW You'll never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespe...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Independence? That's middle-class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us o...
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