"I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss."

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"It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively, that was merely an unintended side effect."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

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"If you see this guy drowning, do not stop him, it might be Peter trying to walk on water reaching Christ."

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"Look innocent. Have hope. "Okay. "And remember "What? "Even O.J. Simpson was acquitted."

Kenneth Eade, American Author

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"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but tequila makes it so she doesn't give a shit if she's fond of you are not."

Lois Greiman, American Author

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"If warm air rises, Heaven could be hotter than Hell."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

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"You're right, my problems are the biggest problems ever," George said. "No, honestly, it's horrible to be me. I'm rich, talented, and I make girls cry.""How do you make girls cry, exactly?"George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expression. He leaned forward, and, in a theatrical whisper, said, "My past is tragic. I wouldn't want to burden you with it. It's a pain I must suffer alone. In the rain. In silence."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

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"I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

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"I always listen to you. Except when I don't."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"And it never even occurs to them their certainty that they are different is what makes them the same."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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"The worst thing about irony for me is that it attenuates emotion."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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"It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless."

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"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."

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"Yet ruled he not long, so great had been his suffering, and so bitter the fire of his testing, for after the space of three years he died. And he who came after him ruled evilly."

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"I have no objection to anyone's sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses."

Society

"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives."

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"Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there."

Country

"Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope."

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"It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively, that was merely an unintended side effect."

"If you see this guy drowning, do not stop him, it might be Peter trying to walk on water reaching Christ."

"Look innocent. Have hope. "Okay. "And remember "What? "Even O.J. Simpson was acquitted."

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but tequila makes it so she doesn't give a shit if she's fond of you are not."

"If warm air rises, Heaven could be hotter than Hell."

"I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize."

"I always listen to you. Except when I don't."

"And it never even occurs to them their certainty that they are different is what makes them the same."

"The worst thing about irony for me is that it attenuates emotion."

Explore more quotes by Oscar Wilde

"It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless."

"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."

"Yet ruled he not long, so great had been his suffering, and so bitter the fire of his testing, for after the space of three years he died. And he who came after him ruled evilly."

"I have no objection to anyone's sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses."

"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives."

"Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there."

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"Alas, I am dying beyond my means."

"A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her."

"I wrote when I did not know life;now that I know life, I have no more to say."