Oscar Wilde Quotes

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManValuePriceNothingEverything

There's a real sense of fighting and destruction in our DNA that we don't get in touch with.

Joel Edgerton

FightingTouchDNARealDestruction

I have no political affiliations and have always and do now consider myself an independent.

John Glenn

MyselfPoliticalNowIndependent

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

John Fowles

DutyPretendingCriticalTrivial

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do.

Matthew Weiner

WorkCreativePeopleCreative People

Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.

Martti Ahtisaari

ResponsibilityYouCurseSense

We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be Heaven.

Joshua Chamberlain

YouHeavenKnowNowWillBeyond

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

Joseph Conrad

PowerTrustArgumentSoundRight

Self pity is the worst possible disease that can affect mankind. And if we do just the opposite, which is love, then we have God's feelings with us at all times.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

LoveGodSelfFeelingsPossible

I'm sort of half-Chilean at this point anyway, half-Argentine. This is where I have been living and working for a long time now.

Douglas Tompkins

TimeLongLong TimeNowLivingBeen

I have never played anything live - except for a few special occasions - from 'Fish Out of Water.'

Chris Squire

LiveWaterFishSpecialNeverOut

I'm a very physical person. I like to run and I like to work out.

Britt Ekland

WorkPersonRunOutWork OutLike

I think the idea that the community you live in is an extension of your family is a really nice thing for people to think about and to wish for in their own lives.

Sean Gunn

FamilyLiveCommunityPeopleThink

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