Witty Quotes - Page 22
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol pt. 5, st. 1 (1898)
1895 Mrs Cheveley speaking. An Ideal Husband, act 3.
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.111, BookBaby
The Antichrist aphorism 48 (1888) (translation by Walter Kaufmann) See Hannah Cowley 1
How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.
"E=MO²". Comedy Album, 1985.
Quoted in Observer (London), 27 Dec. 1964.
"I Have A Pony". Comedy album by Steven Wright, 1985.
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
Notebooks (1912)
One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.
Quoted in Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde (1930)