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Oscar Wilde Quotes

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Man World London Dominate Who

Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education.

Education Me Looking I Can Ahead

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

John D. Rockefeller

Opportunity Responsibility Duty Right

Almost every time I am in a lectureship on a college campus, young people will say, If there is a God and if he is a loving and merciful God, how do you explain the problems of suffering and death and all the tragedies that happen to people?

God Time Death I Am Suffering You

Churchill faced his own diminishing capabilities and increasing irrelevance by maintaining the sense that he was the only one who could solve whatever problem was before him. He was very often wrong, of course, but then he had spent so much of his life overcoming appalling mistakes, disasters, and rejections.

Life Mistakes Overcoming Problem Him

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

Challenge Together Words Poetry Go

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.

Know Limit Astronomy About

I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.

Trombone Shorty

Music America New Know New Orleans

Presidents Truman and Nixon left office under dark clouds of scandal and with abysmal levels of support, but with the passage of time, both have been reassessed far more positively.

Time Support Clouds Dark Office Far

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Jean de la Bruyere

Truth Contrary Often Believed Exact

I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.

Father Children Remember You Lose

My younger brother runs a guesthouse, and my sister is a janitor. I have not given them money because they earn their own money. I pay for their children's school fees.

Children Money School Brother Sister

I have to be tough in my work environment and tough in the world.

Work World Tough Environment

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