Oscar Wilde Quotes

The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated.

Oscar Wilde

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• Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

  

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• That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

  

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• The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.

  

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• The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.

  

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• I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.

  

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• Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.

  

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• Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.

  

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• Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.

  

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• Women drive box office.

  

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• I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.

  

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• I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

  

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• Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.

  

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• Musical theater is one of my passions.

  

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• I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.

  

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• For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.

  

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• Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.

  

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• We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.

  

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• Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

  

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• Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

  

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• I had a friend write me that our music was being played at Gay Pride in New York, which is a big compliment. In the biggest city in the country with the most culture and the most grit - I love it.

  

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• Alcohol was the background color in the fabric of Reggie's life.

  

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• Above all, avoid lies, all lies, especially the lie to yourself. Keep watch on your own lie and examine it every hour, every minute. And avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have noticed it in yourself. And avoid fear, though fear is simply the consequence of every lie. Never be frightened at your own faintheartedness in attaining love, and meanwhile do not even be very frightened by your own bad acts.

  

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• Sometimes I have a feeling, when I look back on my life, that all I’ve been through has prepared me perfectly for just what I’m doing now.

  

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• The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Feeling
  • Consciousness