Quote of the Day for 2016-02-12

"We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language."

— Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Canterville Ghost, chapter 1, The Court and Society Review, February 23, 1887

"They Can't Fight" by Frederick Burr Opper for the cover of Puck (January 15, 1896)

Quote of the Day for 2015-11-11

"Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is invariably Judas who writes the biography."

— Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) "The True Function and Value of Criticism," The Nineteenth Century, July 1890

Lauren Weisberger's 2003 roman à clef novel about her time at Vogue and being abused by Anna Wintour.

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-04

"It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes."

— Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young," The Chameleon, December 1894, Page 2

Tracey Walter as Miller and Emilio Estevez as Otto, in Alex Cox’s Repo Man (1984)

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-20

"The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything."

— Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young," The Chameleon, December 1894, Page 3

Monty Python Live (mostly) (2014) Left to right, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam.