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Funny Quotes - Page 287

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.

P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.113, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Humor is, by its nature, more truthful than factual.

P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.10, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.3, Courier Corporation

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

Oscar Wilde (2014). “Wilde Complete Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest; A Woman of No Importance; Salome; The Duchess of Padua; Vera, or the Nihilists; A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane”, p.61, Bloomsbury Publishing

Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.

Oscar Wilde (2000). “The Plays of Oscar Wilde”, p.266, Wordsworth Editions

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.30, Wordsworth Editions

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

I'm a mischievous drunk.

"This much I know". Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2008.