Oscar Wilde Quotes

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never.

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• Take a simple name like Nicholas: you can rhyme it with ridiculous. If you aren't too meticulous. You know, every word's rhymable.

  

  Sammy Cahn
  • Know
  • Simple
  • Name

• As historians, we spend days in archives, gazing at account books. We train would-be historians in the arts of deciphering letters and documents, early Latin, scribal handwriting, medieval French.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Latin
  • Train
  • Arts

• I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Life
  • Live
  • Single

• For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.

  

  Fei Fei Sun
  • Friend
  • Shoes
  • Clothes

• The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Family
  • Me
  • Foundation

• In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.

  

  Hal David
  • Writing
  • Emotional
  • Search

• The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.

  

  Kate Reardon
  • Future
  • You
  • Employer

• Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Dark
  • Red
  • Sweet

• A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Man
  • Strong
  • Energy

• A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

  

  Naomi Judd
  • Good
  • End
  • Street

• 'The HoneyLine' is my web site and TV segments that were birthed out of the stark reality that we all need a few people to help navigate this life.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • People
  • Life
  • Help

• I have a Stella McCartney Adidas sports bra. I feel like I'm totally comfortable running. No problem. I have support where I need it.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Support
  • Running
  • Problem

• People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Remember
  • Tree

• I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.

  

  Danai Gurira
  • People
  • Writing
  • Women

• I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.

  

  Randy Travis
  • Music
  • Business
  • Nature

• The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Work
  • Great
  • Home

• Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • You
  • Mistake
  • Most

• I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remember my dad telling me that it was important to always have some savings, and that stuck with me. I've always believed that putting money aside is a good thing.

  

  Laura Trott
  • Up
  • Good
  • Important

• But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.

  

  Vanessa Mae
  • Mind
  • Think
  • Strong

• I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Important
  • Kids
  • Think

• I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Time
  • Good
  • Job

• I was 12 when I ordered my first guitar out of the worn and discolored pages of the Sears and Roebuck catalog. The story that I bought it on the installment plan is untrue, the invention of a Hollywood press agent. Local color. I paid cash, $8, money I had saved as a hired hand on my uncle Calvin's farm, baling and stacking hay. Prairie hay, used as feed for the cattle in winter. It was mean work for a wiry boy, but ambition made me strong.

  

  Gene Autry
  • Strong
  • Ambition
  • Winter

• The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.

  

  Randy Schekman
  • Life
  • Work
  • Curiosity

• A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Never
  • Understand
  • Misanthrope