Quotes 481 till 500 of 548.
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We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
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Well, there IS a good deal to be said for blushing, if one can do it at the proper moment.
A Woman of No Importance (1893) -
What a fuss people make about fidelity! Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say.
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What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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What of Art?
- It is a malady.
Love?
- An Illusion.
Religion?
- The fashionable substitute for Belief.
You are a sceptic.
- Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.
What are you?
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What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
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Whatever harsh criticisms may be passed on the construction of her sentences, she at least possesses that one touch of vulgarity that makes the whole world kin.
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When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love her.
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When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
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When Christ says, ‘Forgive your enemies,’ it is not for the sake of the enemy, but for one’s own sake that he says so, and because love is more beautiful than hate.
The Profundis -
When he first started - Jim Henson, who created Bid Bird and Oscar - he said Big Bird was just a big, goofy guy. And it was - a script came along and I said, 'I think Big Bird would be much more useful to the show if he were a child learning all the things we were teaching in the show.' And so he didn't know the alphabet, even, for instance.
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When I hit New York in 1972, I thought I was a sprinter. I thought that I would star in a Broadway show and do a movie and win an Oscar by the time I was 25. It turned out that I'm a long distance runner.
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When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is.
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When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
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When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
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When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.
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When people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
The Critic as Artist (1891)
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