--- title: "8 Talk Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "8 Talk quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Talk sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/oscar-wilde-16_men_oh-i-don-t-think-i-would-like-to-catch-a_967270.jpg" --- > [Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/oh-i-don-t-think-i-would-like-to-catch-a-sensible-man-i-shouldn-t/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/oscar-wilde-16_men_oh-i-don-t-think-i-would-like-to-catch-a_967270.jpg) > [“I don’t think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-think-i-would-care-to-catch-a-sensible-man-i-shouldn-t-know/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/oscar-wilde-16_quote_i-don-t-think-i-would-care-to-catch-a-se_1240172.jpg) > [I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-oh-talk-to-every-woman-as-if-you-loved-her/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/oscar-wilde-16_bored_i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-oh-talk-to-ever_1316188.jpg) > [“It is very vulgar to talk about one's business.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-very-vulgar-to-talk-about-one-s-business/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b83/oscar-wilde-16_business_it-is-very-vulgar-to-talk-about-one-s-bu_1332490.jpg) > [I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-love-to-talk-about-nothing-it-s-the-only-thing-i-know-anything-about/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/oscar-wilde-16_love_i-love-to-talk-about-nothing-it-s-the-on_1674031.jpg) > [“And mind you don't talk about anything serious. Nothing is serious nowadays. At least nothing should be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/and-mind-you-don-t-talk-about-anything-serious-nothing-is-serious/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/oscar-wilde-16_psychology_and-mind-you-don-t-talk-about-anything-s_1848603.jpg) > [Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/talk-to-a-woman-as-if-you-loved-her-and-to-a-man-as-if-he-bored-you/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/oscar-wilde-16_bored_talk-to-a-woman-as-if-you-loved-her-and_2780692.jpg) > [“One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/one-should-never-do-anything-that-one-cannot-talk-about-after-dinner/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a7/oscar-wilde-16_dinner_one-should-never-do-anything-that-one-ca_2791357.jpg) ## Other authors on Talk ## More by Oscar Wilde > [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-books-that-the-world-calls-immoral-are-the-books-that-show-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bachelors-should-be-heavily-taxed-it-is-not-fair-that-some-men-should/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Who, being loved, is poor?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/basil-my-dear-boy-puts-everything-that-is-charming-in-him-into-his/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Anybody can be good in the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/anybody-can-be-good-in-the-country/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-at-all-like-knowing-what-people-say-of-me-behind-my-back-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/alles-popul-re-ist-falsch/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-these-elements-of-beauty-are-real-the-whole-thing-simply-appeals/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-love-one-s-self-is-the-beginning-of-a-life-long-romance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-always-want-to-be-a-womans-first-love-women-have-a-more-subtle/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/moderation-is-a-fatal-thing-enough-is-as-bad-as-a-meal-more-than/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/beauty-is-the-only-thing-that-time-cannot-harm-philosophies-fall-away/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talk/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "8 Talk Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. 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