Oscar Wilde Quotes

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Oscar Wilde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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They told me I'd never probably see the front-line area.

Jessica Lynch

MeNeverSeeArea

We shouldn't be put out to pasture just because we've reached somebody's idea of retirement, which was certainly happening in Australia, and I think elsewhere as well.

John Noble

ThinkRetirementAustraliaOutWell

As soon as I read that, it clicked: that's my theater of war. It was exciting to think that I could write about World War Two from a totally new place.

Michael Chabon

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It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable - it won't be just like the past.

Tony Campolo

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And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.

Tom Hanks

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Everything has to do with geography.

Judy Martz

GeographyEverything

I'm kind of like the quarterback: being able to orchestrate a lot of things out there on the field and being able to run different schemes and coverages.

Chris Harris, Jr.

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I hate hearing from anyone ever saying, 'Oh, you only make clothes for models. That's so annoying,' because it just never, never is the case. Our top-selling size is probably a 12.

Christian Siriano

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I'm a science guy. I'm a geek. I love geology and botany and marine science. I thought maybe I'd be a professional guide, or maybe even a park ranger, working for the Department of Fish and Game.

Paul Walker

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At Christmas, it's my siblings running around the house, we're cooking, talking, laughing, loud and just crazy. It's beautiful chaos.

Tika Sumpter

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I find that the most special thing to me is if you've connected to people in some way: If someone comes up to you on the street and says something to you, and you know it's meant something to them, and it's connected to some project. That, I find, is amazing.

Tim Burton

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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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