Oscar Quotes

284 Oscar quotes by 238 unique authors

As happens with people who love a thing too much, it destroys them. Oscar Wilde said, 'You destroy the thing that you love.' It's the… — George Plimpton
Oscar Wilde was suing the Marquis of Queensbury in 1895 for libel accusing Wilde of homosexuality Counsel: Have you ever adored a young man madly?… — Oscar Wilde
It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired.' [After winning his first Oscar… — Paul Newman
Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet desperation, had changed.… — Junot Diaz
history only existed in the human mind, subject to endless revision. 'each man kills the thing he loves'-Oscar Wilde. You kill it before it kills… — Janet Fitch
A lang, lang time ago…” MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent’s low groan, “there was a bonnie maid called Malvina. She was the betrothed of Oscar, the… — Lisa Kleypas
You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. (Oscar trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket) — Oscar Levant
Poor Oscar. Without even realizing it he'd fallen into one of those Let's Be Friends Vortexes, the bane of nerdboys everywhere. These relationships were love's… — Junot Diaz
Reported as Oscar Wilde's last words on his death bed... This wallpaper is killing me. One of us has to go. — Oscar Wilde
I think Oscar Wilde wrote a poem about a robin who loved a white rose. He loved it so much that he pierced his breast… — Mary Pickford
I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort. — E. M. Forster
You know what Oscar Wilde said, ma'am? He said, "nothing that is worth knowing can be taught". Nothing personal, ma'am... Carry on. — Charles M. Schulz
When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing. — Oscar Wilde
We wish we could have been there for you. We didn't have many role models of our own--we latched on to the foolish love of… — David Levithan
I'm over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll… — Bill Murray
My first movie, I got nominated for a Canadian Oscar-for Meatballs. For MEATBALLS. And who am I up against? George C. Scott. So he wins… — Bill Murray
I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar. — Christine Lahti
I love jeans and T-shirts, but for red carpets, I like Oscar de la Renta, who is timeless. Marchesa celebrates the female form in an… — Serinda Swan
I can do more than anyone suspects. I pride myself on my versatility. It took 32 years of difficult parts, second leads, villains and juveniles.… — Louis Gossett, Jr.
Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than when he was called up - Oscar Charleston and Josh… — Monte Irvin
I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically. — Stephen Sondheim
I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to… — Vidya Balan
I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part. — Peter O'Toole
An Oscar is a symbol that is known in every corner of the world. — Peter O'Toole

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