Oscar Wilde Quotes

Literature must rest always on a principle, and temporal considerations are no principle at all. For, to the poet, all times and places are one; the stuff he deals with is eternal and eternally the same: no theme is inept, no past or present preferable.

Oscar Wilde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PastRestPresentLiteraturePlaces

What causes terrorism is disrespect, a lack of justice, and poverty.

Jodie Evans

JusticeDisrespectPovertyTerrorism

I grew up in a low-income family. I was raised by a single mother.

Jessica Chastain

FamilyMotherSingleUpI Was Raised

Part of me wonders what it would have been like to have had my first experience of India in a normal way, rather than through the eyes of a film.

Joel Edgerton

EyesExperienceMeIndiaWayFirst

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.

Anna Quindlen

ConflictIndependenceAmericaCountry

I do love live performing, but I'm not a stand-up naturally, and I don't like the lifestyle of working just in the evenings at clubs and stuff - not a natural gig-er.

Amy Hoggart

LoveLiveLifestyleNaturalWorking

Not only a great game, 'Uncharted 2' raised the bar for storytelling for the medium. The game treated action as a part of the overall story rather than a way to move from plot point to plot point.

Rob Manuel

GreatActionGameStoryStorytelling

The best way to ruin a comedy is to throw a lot of money at it.

Jay Leno

BestMoneyComedyWayRuinThrow

I don't think Batman should spend a whole movie yapping, you know? He should choose his words carefully and speak low.

Jason O'Mara

WordsSpeakThinkYouChooseKnow

I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

ReasonCompetingIowa

If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.

William H. McRaven

Little ThingsYouWillNeverRight

If I don't measure up as an American writer, at least leave me to my delusion.

Philip Roth

MeAmericanMeasureLeaveUpWriter

I remember early on, in the first couple of years especially, I would run into some people that would try to put Kickstarter under the 'social good' label. And I actually had this very visceral reaction - I just didn't like that at all.

Perry Chen

GoodPeopleRememberEarlyRunTry

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