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Oscar Wilde: A damsel is...

Oscar Wilde: A damsel is...

A damsel is a genius in the daytime and a beauty at night.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: On an occasion...

Oscar Wilde: On an occasion...

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not with blinded...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not with blinded...

Not with blinded eyesight poring over miserable books.

Source: Locksley Hall.
--...

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Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone...

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Ogden Nash: Marriage is the...

Ogden Nash: Marriage is the...

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets...

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Ogden Nash: I have a...

Ogden Nash: I have a...

I have a bone to pick with Fate
Come here and tell me, girlie,
Do you think my mind is maturing late,
Or...

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Ogden Nash: You scour the...

Ogden Nash: You scour the...

You scour the Bowery, ransack the Bronx,
Through funeral parlors and honky-tonks.
From river to river you comb...

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Ogden Nash: The turtle lives...

Ogden Nash: The turtle lives...

The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks
Which practically conceal its sex.
I think it clever of the turtle
In...

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J August Strindberg: Society is a...

J August Strindberg: Society is a...

Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.

Source:...

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Will Rogers: The greatest loss...

Will Rogers: The greatest loss...

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation. I never yet talked to the man who wanted to save time who could...

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Will Rogers: One-third of the...

Will Rogers: One-third of the...

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

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Woody Allen: Interestingly, according to...

Woody Allen: Interestingly, according to...

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought -- particularly for...

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Woody Allen: What if nothing...

Woody Allen: What if nothing...

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row...

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Woody Allen: I'm short enough...

Woody Allen: I'm short enough...

I'm short enough and ugly enough to succeed on my own.

Source: Play It Again...

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Alfred Hitchcock: I'm full of...

Alfred Hitchcock: I'm full of...

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to...

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Fred Allen: I don't have...

Fred Allen: I don't have...

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

Source: In...

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Samuel Goldwyn: I don't think...

Samuel Goldwyn: I don't think...

I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.

Source:...

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Samuel Goldwyn: Television has raised...

Samuel Goldwyn: Television has raised...

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Source: x
-- Samuel Goldwyn, (Aug 27...

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Samuel Goldwyn: The reason so...

Samuel Goldwyn: The reason so...

The reason so many people showed up at his funeral was because they wanted to make sure he was...

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Will Rogers: Communism is like...

Will Rogers: Communism is like...

Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work.

Source:...

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