> [!cite]- Metadata > 2025-09-15 12:51 > Status: #primary #quote > Tags: `Read Time: 30s` > George Bernard Shaw was an Irish-born playwright, critic, and political activist (1856–1950) best known for his satirical plays like Pygmalion and Saint Joan. A social democrat and member of the Fabian Society, he used his dramatic works to challenge social conventions and promote his progressive ideals, earning him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. > [!Quote] > "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --- ### **References** https://www.jimcarrollsblog.com/blog/2017/1/4/all-progress-depends-on-the-unreasonable-man-george-bernard-shaws-lessons-on-change https://www.harapnuik.org/?p=8695