The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.

When I had to fill in my immigration papers, I gave my age as 19, and my profession as genius; I added that I had nothing to declare except my talent.

The key to making up Oscar Wilde quotes is to add '~ Oscar Wilde' at the end.

History is a lie commonly agreed upon.

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.