Oscar Wilde Quotes

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

Oscar Wilde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveWomenMenEnoughWillUs

I used to panic and get rattled when I was young, but as I've got older, I've started literally to live day to day. With age, you work out what matters.

Joanna Lumley

WorkLiveAgeDayYouYoung

A misfit like me getting anywhere in Hollywood as I somehow have, seemed, certainly at the time of 'Spanking The Monkey,' kind of out of reach, or not a very realistic take.

Jeremy Davies

TimeMeReachMonkeyKindHollywood

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.

Ann Beattie

LifeDailyMyselfDaily LifeThink

It was 1988, I believe, that I met Grit. We were both appearing in a Canadian Folk Festival and as we sat backstage he handed me his guitar. I played it, loved it, and then found out that he'd made it himself.

Tom Chapin

MeBelieveGuitarLovedGritOut

Laura Bush, it seems, is used to cast a softer light on her husband, who then proceeds to reverse whatever she's just promised.

Molly Ivins

LightHusbandSheWhateverHerUsed

If we are addressing the issue of weapons of mass destruction, we need to send a uniform, consistent message that there is zero tolerance to any country who is developing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea included.

Mohamed ElBaradei

ToleranceCountryUniformNeedZero

I'm just basking in the glory.

Johnny Knoxville

GloryJust

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

Chuck Schumer

TodayStandDieEconomyCompetitive

Chess is life.

Bobby Fischer

LifeChess

There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.

Allan Dwan

CameraAlwaysImprovisationCertain

I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player.

Tim Duncan

SupportMeGraduationForestLoving

What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be.

Ridley Scott

ToleranceLongYouPlayBecomeMore

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