Oscar Wilde
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I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
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About foxhunting: The unspeakable chasing the uneatable...
Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The koward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.
Action: the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
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Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
Dreams are necessary to life.
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.
Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time.
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.
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