We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Funny Quotes, Life Quotes

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

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...

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

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

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

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live...

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

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...

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything, and when they grow older, they know...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I have met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time...

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

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.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as...

Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as...

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.