2007-02-23 08:38:36 · 6 answers · asked by M&M 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The correct quote is "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches". George Bernard Shaw wrote this in his play Man and Superman, 1903. It is included as Maxim 36 in the Maxims for Revolutionists that is included in the work.
2007-02-26 04:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Bernard Shaw.
2007-02-25 13:05:54 · answer #2 · answered by michael w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was George Bernard Shaw who said ‘those who can do; those who can not teach’
There are now many versions on the theme like
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't teach, administrate. Those who can't administrate, consult.
Those who can't consult, run for political office.
2007-02-24 16:47:57 · answer #3 · answered by Roger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been attributed to Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956), better known as H. L. Mencken. A twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche". He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century.
2007-02-23 16:48:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I thought it was George Bernard Shaw, + it was "He who can, does, he who cannot, teaches" from Man and Superman, 1903.
2007-02-23 16:51:44 · answer #5 · answered by amethyst 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sean bean. the context was the government trying to talk young people beginning a university degree into trying a not so well paid and increasingly frustrating career
2007-02-23 16:49:11 · answer #6 · answered by itaylior 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋