Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I am so clever I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Memory is the diary that chronicles things that never have happened and couldn't possibly have happened.

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful; this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray. Chasuble: But is a man not equally attractive when married? Miss Prism: No married man is ever attractive except to his wife. Chasuble: And often, I've been told, not even to her.