Oscar Wilde Importance Of Being Earnest Quotes & Sayings

My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful. It is almost as disgraceful as the way Gwendolen flirts with you. — Oscar Wilde

Suppose he found that persistent unsparing voice at his elbow one day, claiming that Danton lacked probity; he had an answer, pat, not a logical one, but one sufficiently chilling to put logic in abeyance. To question Danton's patriotism was to cast in doubt the whole Revolution. A tree is known by its fruits, and Danton made August 10. First he made the republic of the Cordeliers, then he made the Republic of France. If Danton is not a patriot, then we have been criminally negligent in the nation's affairs. If Danton is not a patriot, we are not patriots either. If Danton is not a patriot, then the whole thing - from May '89 - must be done again. — Hilary Mantel

Spirituality is the empirical discovery of our divine nature by the shedding of who we thought we were - Renovatio Sutra #19 — Paul Miller

There is something in that name that seems to inspire absolute confidence. I pity any poor woman whose husband is not called Ernest. — Oscar Wilde

O honorable strumpet — William Shakespeare

My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that. — Paloma Faith

The importance of being earnest, — Oscar Wilde

More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn't read. — Oscar Wilde

I am afraid it is quite clear, Cecily, that neither of us is engaged to be married to any one. — Oscar Wilde

I guess, what I'm saying is that when I've been this surprised by my own characters and world, all bets are off. — Laurell K. Hamilton

The Kindle is just the razor. The books are the blades - ka-ching! — David Pogue

God! how is it that we fail to recognize that the mask of pleasure, stripped of all hypocrisy, is that of anguish? — Georges Bernanos

If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated. — Oscar Wilde

Well, I don't like your clothes. You look perfectly ridiculous in them. Why on earth don't you go up and change? It's perfectly childish to be in mourning for a man who is actually staying a whole week with you in your house as a guest. I call it grotesque. — Oscar Wilde

It turns out that life in the kitchen is very similar to life on a team. Sports and kitchens are about teams. I found my alternate team sport in the kitchen. — Wylie Dufresne

Take off the veil of hypnotism which you have cast upon the world, send not out thoughts and words of weakness unto humanity. — Swami Vivekananda

The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.' — Julianna Baggott

I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you. — Mekhi Phifer

And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not? And I don't like that. It makes men so very attractive. — Oscar Wilde

It is said that men condemned to death are subject to sudden moments of elation; as if, like moths in the fire, their destruction were coincidental with attainment. — John Le Carre

I had never seen anything like New York, and its newness held the promise of my future: dense with the experience I craved - romantic, urbane, intellectual. Looking back on that moment, I believe I was saved from disappointment by the nature of my "great expectations." I honestly wasn't burdened with conventional notions of finding security and happiness. At that time of my life, even when I was "happy," it wasn't because I expected it. That was for characters less romantic than myself. I didn't expect to be rich, well fed, and kindly treated by all. I wanted to live deeply and fully, to embrace whatever the city held for me. — Siri Hustvedt

I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest. — Oscar Wilde

An admirable idea! Mr. Worthing, there is just one question I would like to be permitted to put to you. Where is your brother Ernest? We are both engaged to be married to your brother Ernest, so it is a matter of some importance to us to know where your brother Ernest is at present. — Oscar Wilde

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. — Oscar Wilde