Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Self Importance Quotes

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested...

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

A man cannot reason with the woman he loves: he cares about her too much.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

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...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend...

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

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...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note...

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note...

The problem with winter sports is that, follow me closely here, they generally take place...

The problem with winter sports is that, follow me closely here, they generally take place...

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...