Oscar Wilde Quotes [Part 3]

"Bad manners make a journalist."

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” 

"Beauty is a form of genius 

-- is higher, indeed, than genius, 

as it needs no explanation. 

It is of the great facts in the world 

like sunlight, or springtime, 

or the reflection in dark water 

of that silver shell we call the moon."

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, 

there was something tragic.”

"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. 

There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."

"Better the rule of One, whom all obey, 

than to let clamorous demagogues 

betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy."

"Biography lends to death a new terror."

"But what is the difference between literature and journalism?...

Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all."

"By persistently remaining single, 

a man converts himself into 

a permanent public temptation. 

Men should be more careful."

"Charity creates a multitude of sins."

"Children begin by loving their parents; 

as they grow older they judge them; 

sometimes they forgive them."

"Civilization is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. 

There are only two ways by which man can reach it. 

One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt."

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."

"Conversation should touch everything, 

but should concentrate itself on nothing."

"Crying is the refuge of plain women, but the ruin of pretty ones."

"Cultivated leisure is the aim of man."

"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."

"Despotism is unjust to everybody, 

including the despot, 

who was probably made for better things."

"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."

"Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, 

is man's original virtue. 

It is through disobedience that progress has been made, 

through disobedience and through rebellion."

"Do not speak ill of society, Algie. 

Only people who can't get in do that."

"Do you really think, Arthur, 

that it is weakness that yields to temptation? 

I tell you that there are terrible temptations 

that it requires strength, 

strength and courage, to yield to."

"Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness."

"Each of the professions means a prejudice. 

The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. 

We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; 

the age in which people are so industrious  that they become absolutely stupid."

“Education is an admirable thing, 

but it is well to remember from time to time 

that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

John Lennon Quotes [part 3]

“imagine a world without people”

“Imagine all the people, sharing all the world”

“Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

“It came in a vision - a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 

'From this day forward you are Beatles with an A.' 

Thank you Mister Man, they said, thanking him.”

“It matters not who you love, 

where you love, why you love, 

when you love or how you love, 

it matters only that you love”

“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. 

You'd wake up in a concert and think 

"Wow how did I get here?”

“It's weird not to be weird.”

“I've never really been wanted.”

“Later, I went back and looked at it 

and realized that the walrus was the bad guy in the story 

and the carpenter was the good guy. 

I thought, Oh, shit, I picked the wrong guy. 

I should have said, ‘I am the carpenter.’

 But that wouldn’t have been the same, would it? ‘

I am the carpenter….”

“Let It Be”

“Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends” 

“Life is what happens while you are making other plans”

“Limitless undying love which shines around me like 

a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.”

“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.”

“Living is easy with eyes closed

Misunderstanding all you see

It's getting hard to be someone

But it all works out

It doesn't matter much to me.”

“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir,

 once given never forgotten,

 never let it disappear.”

“Love is like a flower-you've got to let it grow.”

“Love is like a precious plant. 

You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard 

or just think it's going to get on by itself. 

You've got to keep on watering it. 

You've got to really look after it and nurture it.”

“Love is the Answer. What was the Question?”

“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”

“Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.”

“Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King 

are great examples of fantastic nonviolents who died violently. 

I can never work that out. We're pacifists, 

but I'm not sure what it means 

when you're such a pacifist that you get shot.

 I can never understand that.”

“Make love, not war.”

“Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.”

“Music is everybody's business. 

It's only the publishers who think people own it”

Irish Blessings [Part 6]

May you be in heaven a full half hour 

before the devil knows your dead

May you be buried in a casket

 made from the wood of a 100 year old oak 

That I shall plant tomorrow. 

May you be poor in misfortune, 

Rich in blessings, 

Slow to make enemies, 

And quick to make friends. 

May you be poor in misfortune,

Rich in blessings,

Slow to make enemies,

Quick to make friends,

But rich or poor,quick or slow,

May you know nothing but

Happiness from this day forward. 

May you both be blessed

With the strength if heaven,

The light of the sun and the

Radiance of the moon,

The splendor of fire,

The speed fo lightning,

The depth of the sea,

The swiftness if wind,

The stability fo earth,

And the firmness of rock. 

May you die in bed at ninety-five years, 

shot by a jealous husband [or wife].

May you enjoy the four greatest blessings:

Honest work to occupy you.

A hearty appetite to sustain you.

A good woman to love you.

And a wink from the God above.

May you get all your wishes but one 
so you always have something to strive for.

May you have: A world of wishes at your command. 
God and his angels close to hand. 
Friends and family their love impart, 
and Irish blessings in your heart

May you have food and raiment, 

A soft pillow for your head, 

May you be forty years in heaven 

Before the devil knows you're dead.

May you have love that never ends, 

lots of money, and lots of friends. 

Health be yours, whatever you do, 

and may God send many blessings to you.

May you have the health of a salmon

a strong heart and a wet mouth.

May you have the hindsight 

to know where you’ve been, 

the foresight to know where you’re going 

and the insight to know when you’re going too far. 

May you have warm words 

on a cold evening, 

a full moon on a dark night, 

and the road downhill 

all the way to your door. 

May you know nothing but happiness. 

From this day forward.

May you live a long life 

Full of gladness and health, 

With a pocket full of gold 

As the least of you wealth. 

May the dreams you hold dearest, 

Be those which come true, 

The kindness you spread, 

Keep returning to you.

May you live as long as you want,

And never want as long as you live. 

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live forever

And may the last words you hear be mine!

May you live long, Die happy, 

And rate a mansion in heaven.

May you live to be a hundred 

And may I live to sing at your wake. 

May you live to be a hundred years, 

with one extra year to repent. 

May you look back fifty years from now

 and agree that today was the worst  day 

of your married life.

May you never find trouble

All crowdin' and shovin'

But always good fortune

All smilin' and lovin'

May you never forget what is worth remembering, 

Nor ever remember what is best forgotten. 

Muhammad Ali Quotes [Part 1]

“A rooster crows only when it sees the light.

Put him in the dark and he'll never crow.

I have seen the light and I'm crowing.”

“Age is whatever you think it is.

You are as old as you think you are”

All black Americans have slave names.

They have white names;

names that the slave master has given to them.

All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.

“All through my life, I have been tested.

My will has been tested,

my courage has been tested,

my strength has been tested.

Now my patience and endurance are being tested.”

“Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer”

Allah's the Arabic term for God.

Stand up for God, fight for God,

work for God and do the right thing,

and go the right way,

things will end up in your corner.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me.

In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

Archie's been living off the fat of the land.

I'm here to give him his pension plan.

At home I am a nice guy:

but I don't want the world to know.

Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

Cassius Clay is a name

that white people gave to my slave master.

Now that I am free,

that I don't belong anymore to anyone,

that I'm not a slave anymore,

I gave back their white name,

and I chose a beautiful African one.

“Champions aren't made in gyms.

Champions are made from something

they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

They have to have the skill, and the will.

But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

“Don't count the days, make the days count.”

“Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee”

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.”

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school.

But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship,

you really haven't learned anything.

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain.

It's not something you learn in school.

But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship,

you really haven't learned anything.”

'Get up sucker and fight. Get up and fight.

“Go to College, Stay in school,

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread,

they can sure make something out of you.”

God tries you in certain, certain ways.

Some people are rich, and they believe in God.

They lose the money, things get hard,

they get weak and quit going to church.

Quit serving God like they did.

“Hating people because of their color is wrong.

And it doesn't matter which color does the hating.

It's just plain wrong.”

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”

"He's too ugly to be the champ!"

Clint Eastwood Quotes [Part 1]

"A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness."

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

“A Love like this happens but once in a lifetime” 

A man’s got to know his limitations.

"Actors know what actors are insecure about 

and they're all insecure."

Again, after you've gone through all the various processes 

and the film comes out and is very successful, 

you're almost afraid to revisit it. 

You want to save it for a rainy day.

"Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it."

"Alfred Hitchcock once told me, 

when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 

'Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie."

And I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed.

Any man don't wanna get killed better clear on out the back.

“Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?” 

As for me, I like being behind the camera 

instead of in front of it. 

I can wear what I want. 

Will I act again? 

I never say never. 

I like doing things where I can stretch 

and go in different directions. 

I'm not looking to take it easy. 

Like the Marines on Iwo Jima, 

I understand that if you really want something, 

you have to be ready to fight.

"As you get older, 

you're not afraid of doubt. 

Doubt isn't running the show. 

You take out all the self-agonizing."

At the studios, 

everybody's into sequels 

or remakes or adaptations of old TV shows. 

I don't know if it's because of the corporate environment 

or they're just out of ideas. 

Pretty soon, they're going to be wanting to do one of "Rawhide".

At this particular time in my life, 

I'm not doing anything as a moneymaker. 

It's like I'm pushing the envelope the other way 

to see how far we can go to be noncommercial. 

But I'm definitely not going for the demographics of 13- to 15-year-olds. 

I didn't know if "Mystic River" would go over at all. 

I had a hard time getting it financed, 

to tell you the truth. 

But I just told Warners the same thing I did with "Million Dollar Baby": 

"I don't know if this is going to make any money. 

But, I think I can make a picture that you'd be proud to have in your library.

Bout time this town had a new sheriff.

"Clock's ticking, Bob. And I'm only getting older."

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. 

That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment 

because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

“Do ya' feel lucky, punk?” 

"Don’t just do something, stand there."

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

Ever notice how you come across 

somebody once in a while 

you shouldn't have messed with? That's me.

Every movie I make teaches me something, 

and that's why I keep making them. 

I'm at that stage of life when I could 

probably stop and just hit golf balls. 

But in filming these two movies about Iwo Jima, 

I learnt about war and about character. 

I also learnt a lot about myself.

"Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. 

I don't move fast, but I just keep moving."

"Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid."

American Indian Quotes [Part 3]

Make my enemy brave and strong, 

so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed. 

Plains Indians

Man has responsibility, not power. 

Tuscarora

Man's law changes with his understanding of man. 

Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same. 

Crow

Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.

Lakota

Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves. 

Assiniboine

No river can return to its source, 

yet all rivers must have a beginning. 

Tribe Unknown

Not every sweet root gives birth to sweet grass. 

Tribe Unknown

Old age is not as honorable as death, 

but most people want it. 

Crow

One finger cannot lift a pebble. 

Hopi

One rain does not make a crop. 

Creole

Our first teacher is our own heart. 

Cheyenne

Poverty is a noose that strangles humility 

and breeds disrespect for God and man. 

Siou

Regard Heaven as your father, 

Earth as your Mother 

and all things as your 

Brothers and Sisters.  

Tribe Unknown

Remember that your children are not your own, 

but are lent to you by the Creator.  

Mohawk

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. 

Knowledge is of the past, 

Wisdom is of the future. 

Lumbee

Sharing and giving are the ways of God. 

Sauk

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, 

and I may not remember. 

Involve me, and I'll understand. 

Tribe Unknown

Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.

Arapaho

The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry. 

Omaha

The coward shoots with shut eyes. 

Oklahoma

The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives. 

Sioux

The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. 

It is the dust and blood of our ancestors.! 

Chief Plenty Coups, Crow (1848 - 1932) 

The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs. 

Southwest

The one who tells the stories rules the world. 

Hopi

The rain falls on the just and the unjust. 

Hopi

Oscar Wilde Quotes [Part 2]

“All women become like their mothers. 

That is their tragedy. 

No man does, and that is his.”

“Always forgive your enemies; 

nothing annoys them so much.”

"Ambition is the last refuge of failure."

"America had often been discovered before Columbus, 

but it had always been hushed up."

"America is the only country that went from barbarism

 to decadence without civilization in between."

"An acquaintance that begins with a compliment

 is sure to develop into a real friendship."

"An ordinary man away from home giving advice."

"And the wild regrets, 

and the bloody sweats, 

none knew so well as I: 

for he who lives more lives than one 

more deaths than one must die."

"Anybody can be good in the country. 

There are no temptations there."

"Anybody can make history. 

Only a great man can write it."

“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, 

but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.”

"Anybody can write a three-volume novel. 

It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature."

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

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

"Art is not to be taught in Academies. 

It is what one looks at, 

not what one listens to, 

that makes the artist. 

The real schools should be the streets"

"Art, like Nature, has her monsters, 
things of bestial shape and with hideous voices"

"As a wicked man I am a complete failure. 

Why, there are lots of people who say 

I have never really done anything wrong 
in the whole course of my life. 
Of course they only say it behind my back."

"As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, 

but it is finer to take than to beg."

"As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, 

of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. 

They have made private terms with the enemy, 

and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. 

They must also be extraordinarily stupid."

"As long as a woman can look ten years 

younger than her own daughter, 

she is perfectly satisfied."

"As long as war is regarded as wicked, 

it will always have it's fascination. 

When it is looked upon as vulgar, 

it will cease to be popular."

"As one knows the poet by his fine music, 

so one can recognize the liar 
by his rich rhythmic utterance, 

and in neither case will the casual inspiration
 of the moment suffice. 

Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection."

"At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, 

though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets."

"Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all."

"Bad artists always admire each other's work. 

They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. 

But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, 

or beauty fashioned, under any conditions 

other than those he has selected."