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

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

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 pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves...

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.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do,...

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely...

Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry...

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry...

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the...

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the...

1: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for...

1: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for...