Here is a selection of my favourite quotes:
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
Woody Allen
It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
Woody Allen
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
Woody Allen
Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.
Woody Allen
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
Woody Allen
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.
Joan Crawford
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Henry Louis Mencken
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.
Friedrich Nietzsche
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
Ovid
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Sigmund Freud
If youth knew; if age could.
Sigmund Freud
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
Sigmund Freud
I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.
Jascha Heifetz
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
Jascha Heifetz
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
Igor Stravinsky
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
Woody Allen
It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
Woody Allen
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
Woody Allen
Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.
Woody Allen
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
Woody Allen
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.
Joan Crawford
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Henry Louis Mencken
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.
Friedrich Nietzsche
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
Ovid
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Sigmund Freud
If youth knew; if age could.
Sigmund Freud
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
Sigmund Freud
I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.
Jascha Heifetz
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
Jascha Heifetz
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
Igor Stravinsky
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky
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