The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Funny Quotes, Sister Quotes

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap...

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

It is always the unreadable that occurs.

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut;...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta...

Love is not a clock. You simply cannot take it apart just to see what...

Love is not a clock. You simply cannot take it apart just to see what...

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.