What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard ShawRead
A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote suggests that experienced journalists must make quick decisions and write without second-guessing themselves.
George Bernard Shaw emphasizes the instinctive nature of skilled journalism, where a veteran writer relies on their experience and intuition to deliver news rapidly. This reflects the importance of decisiveness and confidence in one's abilities, especially in fast-paced environments like journalism, where hesitation can lead to missed opportunities.
Themes
JournalismQuick DecisionsExperienceWritingInstinctConfidence
In practice
Example use cases
In a workshop about effective writing, this quote could be used to highlight the importance of decisiveness.
More from George Bernard Shaw
All quotes βMarriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
George Bernard ShawRead
Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!
George Bernard ShawRead
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You cannot have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is?
George Bernard ShawRead
Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend.
George Bernard ShawRead
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
George Bernard ShawRead
Similar quotes
It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.
Jordan PetersonRead
Nothing should be valued higher than the value of the day.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard -- by stealing what he has a taste for, and can carry off
Archibald MacleishRead
Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor car is excellent but not enough. We need to put far more emphasis on creative and design thinking. Judgement and analysis are not enough.
Edward De BonoRead
If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.
Warren G. BennisRead
Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
Alfred Lord TennysonRead