Oscar Wilde Quotes

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Oscar Wilde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

Topics

OptimismTerrorSheerBasis

Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly.

Jessica Chastain

TimeFlyFeetSpeakWalkingHands

I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift. I would become a therapist and a leader in terms of mental illness. But I'm not in the position.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

LeaderCareerKnowUnderstandBecome

I was a hard rocker when I was in high school.

Andie MacDowell

SchoolHigh SchoolHardHighRocker

For me, I've never drawn a distinction between live-action acting and performance-capture acting. It is purely a technology.

Andy Serkis

TechnologyMeActingNeverBetween

I would argue that racism, for example, is a feature of machine learning - it's not a bug.

Trevor Paglen

LearningRacismExampleWouldArgue

I enjoy upsetting the right people. I love poking fun at earnest censors. I want to push the bounds of what can be said on the Internet.

Milo Yiannopoulos

LoveFunPeopleInternetPushEnjoy

To some extent, I've always felt that the music should be the thing that creates the emotion in you, rather than a video.

Christine McVie

MusicYouEmotionAlwaysRather

It was my first day at work - and beginning my training on the job, I was given the job of writing cheques and entering their details. The branch was surrounded by hordes of people... soon, they had to close the gates to manage the crowds, and they started pushing in.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

WorkDayJobBeginningTraining

If you write really good material, the rest just falls into place. There's really no trick to it.

Seth Grahame-Smith

GoodRestYouPlaceWriteJust

I grew up an only child, and I always felt as if I didn't fit in. In middle school, in grammar school, and even high school, I just didn't feel like I fit in.

Shanice Williams

SchoolChildHigh SchoolFeelHigh

I do like not knowing where I'm going, wandering in strange woods, whistling and following bread crumbs.

Tilda Swinton

WoodsNot KnowingStrangeKnowing

Well-meaning Europeans sometimes argue that unlike the U.S., their countries are traditionally 'homogeneous' and have little experience with immigration.

Noah Feldman

ExperienceImmigrationSometimes

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