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Quotes About Attitude

I don't say we all ought to misbehave. But we ought to look as if we could
~ Oscar Wilde
I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.
~ Oscar Wilde
She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.
~ Oscar Wilde
When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
~ Oscar Wilde
Some things are too important to be taken seriously.
~ Oscar Wilde
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
~ Oscar Wilde
I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.
~ Oscar Wilde
I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.
~ Oscar Wilde
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
~ Oscar Wilde
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
~ Oscar Wilde
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
~ Oscar Wilde
Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman
~ Oscar Wilde
I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.
~ Oscar Wilde
I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. It never is, sir. Lane, you're a perfect pessimist. I do my best to give satisfaction, sir.
~ Oscar Wilde
We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.
~ Oscar Wilde
It's absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
~ Oscar Wilde
Pain's nothing. Pains what you give, not what you get.
~ Colum McCann
The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct
~ Confucius
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
~ Confucius
If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you'll keep resentment far away.
~ Confucius
To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
~ Confucius
You are what you think.
~ Confucius
The noble-minded encourage what is beautiful in people and discourage what is ugly in them. Little people do just the opposite.
~ Confucius
After all, Americans can be terrifying.
~ Connie Willis