Oscar Wilde Quotes

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman - or the want of it in the man.

Oscar Wilde

• Man
• Woman
• Humor
• Sense
• Romance

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• There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • People
  • World
  • Kids

• I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Work
  • Marketing
  • Selfish

• Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • God
  • Artist
  • Just

• Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Life
  • Art
  • Extraordinary

• This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.

  

  Paracelsus
  • Process
  • Alchemy
  • Smith

• I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Perfect
  • Model
  • Role

• So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Writing
  • Fun
  • Words

• First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Work
  • Books
  • Designer

• I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.

  

  Radhanath Swami
  • Understanding
  • Spiritual
  • Parent

• Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • White
  • Though
  • Hispanic

• I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

  

  J. R. Martinez
  • People
  • Think
  • Stars

• A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.

  

  Ilya Ilyin
  • Sports
  • Beat
  • Competitors

• Change is inevitable, and you can't stop that change. You say, 'Wait, stop,' and it just drives right over you.

  

  Randy Bachman The Guess Who
  • You
  • Change
  • Stop

• I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.

  

  Nancy Lublin
  • Bad
  • Mean
  • Underdog

• I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Kids
  • House
  • Small

• There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Words
  • Better
  • Silence

• Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Reach
  • Sweetness
  • Peak

• Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • Opportunity
  • Romantic
  • Scary

• Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Children
  • Bad
  • Balance

• I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Man
  • Like
  • Star

• When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • People
  • Kids
  • Father

• I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.

  

  AJ McLean
  • Guy
  • Likes
  • Roses

• I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Think
  • Desire
  • Happiness

• Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman - or the want of it in the man.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Humor