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Day: January 4, 2011

Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain Hilarious Quotes

I love hilarious quotes, especially from great people, like Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde. Let me share with you some of them:

“A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.” – Oscar Wilde

“Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.” – Oscar Wilde

“Journalism is unreadable, literature is never read.” – Oscar Wilde

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” –Oscar Wilde

“A true friend stabs you in the front.”-Oscar Wilde

“It is very easy to endure the difficulties of one’s enemies. It is the successes of one’s friends that are hard to bear.” – Oscar Wilde

“Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.” – Oscar Wilde

“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.” – Oscar Wilde

“I couldn’t help it. I can resist everything except temptation.” – Oscar Wilde

“Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.” – Oscar Wilde

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” –Oscar Wilde

“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.” –Oscar Wilde

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” – Oscar Wilde

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” – Oscar Wilde

“One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she’ll tell anything.” – Oscar Wilde

“No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.” – Oscar Wilde

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde

“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain

“When angry count four; when very angry, swear.” – Mark Twain

“Always do right – this will gratify some and astonish the rest.” – Mark Twain

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is just putting on its shoes.” – Mark Twain

“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” – Mark Twain

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” –Mark Twain

“In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.” – Mark Twain

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” –Mark Twain

“Honesty is the best policy — when there is money in it.” – Mark Twain

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” – Mark Twain

“It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” – Mark Twain

Funny Humorous and Love Quotes

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell. – Joan Crawford

It’s been so long since I made love, I can’t even remember who gets tied up. – Joan Rivers

Trust your husband, adore your husband, and get as much as you can in your own name. – Joan Rivers

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover’s arms can only come later when you’re sure they won’t laugh if you trip. – Jonathan Carroll

No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn’t take the first pill that comes along. – Joyce Brothers

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. – Katharine Hepburn

True love is like seeing ghosts; we all talk about it, but few of us have ever seen one. – La Rochefoucauld

If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question. – Lily Tomlin

The only people who make love all the time are liars. – Louis Jordan

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he’s a baby. – Natalie Wood

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman. – Oscar Wilde

Love is a grave mental disease. – Plato

Whenever I date a guy, I think, is this the man that I want my children to spend their weekends with? – Rita Rudner

Forget love, I’d rather fall in chocolate. – Sandra J. Dykes

All marriages are happy. It’s trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems. – Shelley Winters

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy. – Steve Martin

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all. – Thomas Hardy

Marriage is a great institution for those who like institutions. – Tommy Dewar

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. – W. Somerset Maugham

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known. – Walt Disney

Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. – Woody Allen

The last time I was inside a woman was when I went to the Statue of Liberty. – Woody Allen

Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it’s one of the best. – Woody Allen

Funny Cute Quotes

– “Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.” – George Burns

– “If you cannot read this, please ask the flight attendant for assistance.” – United Airlines Flight Safety Brochure

– “You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is ‘never try’.” – Homer Simpson

– “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” – Winston Churchill

– “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” – Groucho Marx

– “I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.” – Groucho Marx

– “Boy George is all England needs – another queen who can’t dress.” – Joan Rivers

– “Is he just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?” – Freddie Mercury on Billy Idol

– “The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they’re okay, then it’s you.” – Rita Mae Brown

– “If it weren’t for electricity we’d all be watching television by candlelight.” – George Globol