Oscar Wilde Quotes
Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
-
It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
-
Body experience... is the centre of creation.
-
All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
-
When people read 'Breitbart' every single day and convince themselves that Barack Obama is a foreign terrorist, that is not a problem of government. That is a problem of community failure, and we have to recognize that.
-
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
-
I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think the most bellicose ruling group in the Western world at the moment is the British.
-
In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients.
-
Either war is obsolete, or men are.
-
I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
-
In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.
-
Water for me is so essential, like swimming.
Nastassja Kinski
-
Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
-
I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
-
My parents gave me the easy option that if you're going to go your way, that's the highway. You can expect no funds and no support, which I think was legitimate; that was a fair option.
-
Turkey is a safe country. Stay there.
-
I got into television, and I'm a television guy, so I've never really had a movie career.
-
You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
-
I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing.
-
There's five cameras, I don't know how many people in the audience... depending on where we're taping, there can be anywhere from 300 to 5,000 people, so the contestants are nervous.
-
I learned that poets aren’t God, but if there is a God...or anything approaching a God...he’s a poet. And a failed one at that.
-
I've never done anything half-heartedly. It's the reason my comics did well. It's the reason my comics were drawn well. I can't do anything bad.
-
Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.
