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Letter "W" » Wilde
«Dialogue more tame than Wilde.»
«So who's perfect? Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.»
Author: John O'Hara
| Keywords:
constipated, false teeth, franklin, Lincoln, Mussolini, nearsighted, Oscar, Oscar I, Oscar Wilde, syphilis, Tchaikovsky, unpleasant, Walt Whitman, Whitman, Wilde
«Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn'»
Author: Sarah Bernhardt
(Actress)
| About:
Smoking
| Keywords:
Bernhardt, Oscar, Oscar I, Oscar Wilde, Sarah, Sarah Bernhardt, Wilde
«Ximinez: Now, old woman -- you are accused of heresy on three counts -- heresy by thought, heresy by word, heresy by deed, and heresy by action -- *four* counts. Do you confess?Wilde: I don't understand what I'm accused of. Ximinez: Ha! Then we'll make you understand! Biggles! Fetch...THE CUSHIONS!Biggles: Here they are, lord.Ximinez: Now, old lady -- you have one last chance. Confess the heinous sin of heresy, reject the works of the ungodly -- *two* last chances. And you shall be free -- *three* last chances. You have three last chances, the nature of which I have divulged in my previous utterance.Wilde: I don't know what you're talking about.Ximinez: Right! If that's the way you want it -- Cardinal! Poke her with the soft cushions!Ximinez: Confess! Confess! Confess!Biggles: It doesn't seem to be hurting her, lord.Ximinez: Have you got all the stuffing up one end?Biggles: Yes, lord.»
Author: Monty Python
| Keywords:
accused, cardinal, Cardinals, confess, counts, cushion, cushioned, cushions, deed, divulge, divulged, fetch, fetching, Ha Ha Ha, heinous, heresy, hurting, old lady, old woman, poke, poked, pokes, poking, previous, reject, stuffing, The Cardinals, The Works, ungodly, utterance, Wilde
«The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Etiquette
| Keywords:
Oscar Wilde, oyster, Wilde
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