George Bernard Shaw Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

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

by:	George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish comic dramatist
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Categories:	Experimentation, Honor, Responsibility
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Didn't the head of Honda say something similar? "Out of a hundred decisions only one was correct" who’s good at research? -- Robert, Sarasota
-- Logan, Memphis, Tn
That's good because I sure make a lot of misteaks! -- Rick Z, Ashdown, AR
-- Joe, Rochester, MI
A major measuring stick here would be "what" was done wrong or "what" mistakes were made. If a life is spent enslaving, murdering and other heinous crimes — doing nothing would have been much better. -- Mike, Norwalk
-- jim k, Austin
Shaw the not so liberty-loving socialist claims busybodies interfering in the lives of others is honorable. I wouldn't trade one anarchist living in the swamps of Lousiana for 1,000 of his so-called honorable men who cause damage on humankind. -- Don Lee, Reno 1
Judge the words not the man. What if you did not know who said it? -- E Archer, NYC