Oscar Wilde Quotes about Funny - Page 3

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Sarcastic, Wonderful

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.194, Penguin

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

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Sarcastic, Anger

Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

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

Oscar Wilde

Inspirational, Funny, Travel

Oscar Wilde (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.50, Prestwick House Inc

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Oscar Wilde

Love, Funny, Witty

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.39, Wordsworth Editions

Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Sarcasm, Piano Music

Impressions of America (1906). The Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate, 20 Apr. 1883, describes an afterdinner speech made by Wilde in Paris about his experiences in the United States: "The brightest and best of the many stories he related was one to the effect that at a ball in Leadville he saw a notice over the piano which read: 'Please don't shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.' "

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Beauty, Beautiful

'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891) ch. 17

Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Friendship, Sarcastic

Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel (2011). “The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition”, p.86, Harvard University Press

Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Sarcastic, Independent Women

Oscar Wilde (2014). “A Woman of No Importance”, p.50, Trajectory Inc

I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Men, People

If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Littles, Importance Of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Importance of Being Earnest: Revised Edition”, p.58, Bloomsbury Publishing

When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Husband, Women

The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 15 (1891)

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Witty, Sarcasm

'The Critic as Artist' pt. 2 in 'Intentions' (1891)

Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Drinking, Vacation

He has no enemies, but he is intensely disliked by his friends.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Friendship, Sarcastic

"The Works of Oscar Wilde".

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Oscar Wilde

Inspirational, Funny, Life

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Oscar Wilde

Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 1 (1891)

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

1895 Mrs Cheveley speaking. An Ideal Husband, act 3.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Sarcastic, Optimism

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.488, Wordsworth Editions

Ones real life is often the life that one does not lead.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Trust, Being Yourself

Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.64, Courier Corporation

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde

Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

'Lady Windermere's Fan' (1892) act 3

As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Humor, Punishment

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.50, Oscar Wilde