Oscar Wilde Quotes

Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are artistically uninteresting.

Oscar Wilde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodArtRomanticPeopleGood People

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Robert South

DefeatNeverFreshDiscouragement

I think inequality has gone past the point where it's helping us all get rich, and it's really becoming a serious threat.

Angus Deaton

PastRichThinkInequalitySerious

The entertainment industry isn't secure.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

EntertainmentIndustrySecure

So if you want to know how Exxon Mobil can make $10 billion profit in 90 days, just look around. The whole world was built for them.

Jeff Goodell

WorldYouLookProfitKnowWant

I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.

Merle Haggard

FeetBackSurgerySomeWhichHad

I actually spoke at the christening of the USS Minnesota - it was a really, very cool submarine in Norfolk.

Amy Klobuchar

CoolMinnesotaSubmarineActually

Al Qaeda has come back. Al Qaeda is a resilient organization. But they're not here in large numbers. But al Qaeda doesn't have to be anywhere in large numbers.

John R. Allen

OrganizationBackNumbersHereCome

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

Stephan Jenkins

PeopleTryWhoMisfitsSituations

Sinatra invited me once to his birthday party in L.A. I was young, and I felt great about it. But when I got there, the Rat Pack were all in the kitchen laughing their heads off.

Tony Bennett

BirthdayGreatMeKitchenPartyRat

I was always a computer kid, and I grew up with the Internet and always found it fascinating.

Robin Sloan

InternetKidAlwaysUpComputer

The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans.

Mike Simpson

WorldAmericanGoalPriceNowPaid

I like 'X-Files'-type shows with government conspiracies and extraterrestrials and all that.

Mike McCready

GovernmentLikeShowsConspiracies

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