Oscar Wilde

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.

I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

I realize that advice is worth what it costs – that is, nothing.

I’m a product of pop culture.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You’d wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Its a choice. You just have to decide that I’m not going to put my energy there. I’m going to decide to let this go. It’s your choice. You can embrace it, you can become a prisoner of bitterness and resentment anger and victim city, or you can just say ‘I’m going to live my life and be happy’.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with sensitivity, I think it would be most appropriate.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.