I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Knowledge Quotes, Writing Quotes

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a...

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

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

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

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed.

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

The world has been made by fools that men should live in it

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

You know what a woman's curiosity is

You know what a woman's curiosity is

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental