Oscar Wilde Quotes
It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy that dogs the steps of most artists is that they realise their ideal too absolutely. For, when the ideal is realised, it is robbed of its wonder and its mystery, and becomes simply a new starting-point for an ideal that is other than itself.
Quotes to Explore
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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When I was single, I was down to $100 of power a year.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
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I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.
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I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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My life is not perfect.
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
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Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.
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'...there were some things that were true, and some things that were trite; but what was true was trite, and what was not trite was not true...'
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What is fascinating to me is the way I view everything in terms of parallels and connections. When I read about Achilles and Odysseus in Homer's 'Iliad,' I can see parallels in Chinese historical romances, in the way the first emperor of the Han dynasty and his chief rival are portrayed.
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One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
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His life was one long extravaganza, like living inside a Faberge egg.
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It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy that dogs the steps of most artists is that they realise their ideal too absolutely. For, when the ideal is realised, it is robbed of its wonder and its mystery, and becomes simply a new starting-point for an ideal that is other than itself.
