Thursday, October 22, 2009

Finding the Ridiculous in Everything

Oscar Wilde in his favourite coat. New York.Image via Wikipedia

Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it. – Jules Renard

On screenwriters –
Schmucks with Underwoods. – Jack Warner

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser. – Nietzshe

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.Oscar Wilde

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness. I did so at the age of four and a half. Then if you’re not a good mixer you can always fall back on your own company. – Robert Morley

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to being in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to one’s beloved. – Russel Baker

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. – H.L. Mencken

Self-sacrifice enable us to sacrifice other people without blushing. – George Bernard Shaw



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