Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.

I gave my genius to my life, but my talent to my art.

The truth is never pure and rarely simple.

A woman's life revolves in curves of emotions. It is upon lines of intellect that a man's life progresses.

An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

To be popular I must be mediocre.