Oscar Wilde Quotes

People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oscar Wilde

• People
• World
• True
• Beauty
• Mystery

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Future
  • Parents
  • Strong

• I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Time
  • God
  • Day

• I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • You
  • Me
  • Tell

• When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Emotional

• I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Time
  • Choice
  • Grace

• I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Dream
  • Know
  • Lost

• You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • People
  • Life
  • Police

• I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • Time
  • Long
  • Kids

• Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.

  

  Nancy O'Dell
  • Want
  • You
  • Me

• Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.

  

  Dan Gertler
  • Want
  • Dreams
  • Invest

• I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Child

• Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.

  

  Mara Liasson
  • Today
  • Political
  • Politics

• I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Good
  • Best
  • Myself

• When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Time
  • Work
  • Home

• When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.

  

  Becky G
  • Writing
  • Start
  • Guitar

• The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Time
  • Long
  • Daily

• In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Good
  • Work
  • Simple

• One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.

  

  Jack Gould
  • Depth
  • Timing
  • Bath

• Globalised manufacturing and procurement mean that a lot of high-polluting, heavy duty jobs are transferred to China. We will ask major companies, such as Wal-Mart, Microsoft and IBM to put pressure on their Chinese suppliers.

  

  Ma Jun
  • High
  • Chinese
  • Pressure

• Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.

  

  Corrie Ten Boom
  • True
  • Acknowledge
  • Restitution

• In the U.K., journalists are a little bit more ruthless than in Denmark. I have a feeling the tabloid press in the U.K. is pretty harsh.

  

  Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
  • Pretty
  • Feeling

• I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim.

  

  Kylie Minogue
  • Up
  • Change
  • Year

• He had a very clear vision of what he wanted to do artistically, visually, ... I wanted to be part of that vision. It seemed so beautiful and interesting.

  

  Elijah Wood
  • Beautiful
  • Interesting
  • Vision

• People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • World
  • True