Writer

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright

Total Mentions

Direct Quotes

1953

First Mention

2018

Latest Mention

Most Frequent Citing Countries

Cameroon(4)Ecuador(2)Dominica(2)Canada(2)Thailand(1)Ireland(1)Belgium(1)

Direct Quotations (1)

"Dream things that never were and ask why not?"

1984Dominica

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2002·Cameroon

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f that future full of hope. We would remind those who scorn such dreams that, in the beginning, there was a dream. To them, we would reiterate George Bernard Shaw's words: “Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say ‘Why not?'” In the beginning, there was a dream.

2018·Thailand

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The late United States Senator from New York, Robert Kennedy, paraphrasing George Bernard Shaw, once said, “Some [men] see things as they are, and [ask] ‘why?’ I dream [of] things that never were and [ask], ‘Why not?’”. Today all 10 South-East

2015·Ecuador

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person. As a result, when more people use that good, the better. That is normally the characteristic of knowledge, science and technology. As George Bernard Shaw once said very rightly, 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

2006·Ireland

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But if it does not happen in November the opportunity may not come again for a considerable time. The great Irish writer George Bernard Shaw once said that making war was hard, but that making peace was infinitely more arduous. Peacebuilding and conflict resolution are ultimately about psy

1969·Cameroon

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ch sees a universal civilization taking shape, is the beginning of a reign of genuine brotherhood in the world? How can we forget the words of George Bernard Shaw: “Some people see things as they are, and ask, why? I dream of things that never were and I ask, why not?” Yes, nothing great will ever come to pass

1960·Belgium

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at the others may have a system of government and, more generally, an ideology different from what he would like for himself. This reminds me of what Bernard Shaw once wrote very irreverently: "Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same". This does not mean non-

1953·Canada

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now means atomic annihilation. If these are, then, the alternatives, and if by our policies we should make the latter choice inevitable, then George Bernard Shaw was certainly right when he said: “If the other planets are inhabited, the earth is their lunatic asylum.” 13. Yet it is all too apparent that the ti

Year	Country	Context	Speech
2002	Cameroon	f that future full of hope. We would remind those who scorn such dreams that, in the beginning, there was a dream. To them, we would reiterate George Bernard Shaw's words: “Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say ‘Why not?'” In the beginning, there was a dream.	View
2018	Thailand	The late United States Senator from New York, Robert Kennedy, paraphrasing George Bernard Shaw, once said, “Some [men] see things as they are, and [ask] ‘why?’ I dream [of] things that never were and [ask], ‘Why not?’”. Today all 10 South-East	View
2015	Ecuador	person. As a result, when more people use that good, the better. That is normally the characteristic of knowledge, science and technology. As George Bernard Shaw once said very rightly, 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	View
2006	Ireland	But if it does not happen in November the opportunity may not come again for a considerable time. The great Irish writer George Bernard Shaw once said that making war was hard, but that making peace was infinitely more arduous. Peacebuilding and conflict resolution are ultimately about psy	View
1969	Cameroon	ch sees a universal civilization taking shape, is the beginning of a reign of genuine brotherhood in the world? How can we forget the words of George Bernard Shaw: “Some people see things as they are, and ask, why? I dream of things that never were and I ask, why not?” Yes, nothing great will ever come to pass	View
1960	Belgium	at the others may have a system of government and, more generally, an ideology different from what he would like for himself. This reminds me of what Bernard Shaw once wrote very irreverently: "Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same". This does not mean non-	View
1953	Canada	now means atomic annihilation. If these are, then, the alternatives, and if by our policies we should make the latter choice inevitable, then George Bernard Shaw was certainly right when he said: “If the other planets are inhabited, the earth is their lunatic asylum.” 13. Yet it is all too apparent that the ti	View