Either That Wallpaper Goes, Or I Do." ~~ Oscar Wilde, Writer, D. Either That Wallpaper Goes, Or I Do." ~~ Oscar Wilde, Writer, D. "Either that wallpaper goes, or I do." ~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900 Related: My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go. -- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) -- in Frank Harris Oscar Wilde... You ought to be a doctor," he said to Turner, "as you always want people to do what they don't want to. -- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) -- 28 November 1900, two days before his death, -- when he was already rather ill.... dying words of famous people - famous last words Last Words, death bed statements . . . Thomas Jefferson--still survives... ~~ John Adams, US President, d. July 4, 1826 (Actually, Jefferson had died earlier that same day.) This is the last of earth! I am content. ~~ John Quincy Adams, US President, d.

February 21, 1848 See in what peace a Christian can die. ~~ Joseph Addison, writer, d. June 17, 1719 Is it not meningitis? ~~ Louisa M. Alcott, writer, d. 1888 Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well--let 'em wait. In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you." ~~ Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, d. 1789 Am I dying or is this my birthday? When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside. ~~ Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964 Nothing, but death. When asked by her sister, Cassandra, if there was anything she wanted. ~~ Jane Austen, writer, d. July 18, 1817 Codeine . . . bourbon. ~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d. December 12, 1968 How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden? ~~ P. T. Barnum, entrepreneur, d. 1891 I can't sleep. ~~ James M.

Barrie, author, d. 1937 Is everybody happy? I want everybody to be happy. I know I'm happy. ~~ Ethel Barrymore, actress, d. June 18, 1959 Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. ~~ John Barrymore, actor, d. May 29, 1942 I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. ~~ Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, d.1170 Now comes the mystery. ~~ Henry Ward Beecher, evangelist, d. March 8, 1887 In her new book The Most Famous Man in America, author Debby Applegate writes on page 466 that Beecher's last words in fact were, "You were saying that I could not recover." Ms. Applegate has not been able to confirm the traditional version of Beecher's last words. Friends applaud, the comedy is finished. ~~ Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, d. March 26, 1827 I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.

~~ Humphrey Bogart, actor, d. January 14, 1957 Josephine... ~~ Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor, May 5, 1821 I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct. ~~ Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian, d. 1702 Ah, that tastes nice. Thank you. ~~ Johannes Brahms, composer, d. April 3, 1897 Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we have been so happy. Spoken to her husband of 9 months, Rev. Arthur Nicholls. ~~ Charlotte Bronte, writer, d. March 31, 1855 Beautiful. In reply to her husband who had asked how she felt. ~~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning, writer, d. June 28, 1861 Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight. ~~ Lord George Byron, writer, d. 1824 Et tu, Brute? ~~ Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor, d. 44 BC I am still alive!

Stabbed to death by his own guards - (as reported by Roman historian Tacitus) ~~ Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor, d.41 AD Don't let poor Nelly (his mistress, Nell Gwynne) starve. ~~ Charles II, King of England and Scotland, d. 1685 Ay Jesus. ~~ Charles V, King of France, d. 1380 I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time. ~~ Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, writer, d. July 1, 1904 The earth is suffocating . . . Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive. Dying of tuberculosis. ~~ Frederic Chopin, composer, d. October 16, 1849 I'm bored with it all. Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later. ~~ Winston Churchill, statesman, d. January 24, 1965 This time it will be a long one. ~~ Georges Clemenceau, French premier, d. 1929 I have tried so hard to do the right.

~~ Grover Cleveland, US President, d. 1908 That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted. ~~ Lou Costello, comedian, d. March 3, 1959 Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow. ~~ Noel Coward, writer, d. 1973 Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me. To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud. ~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977 That was a great game of golf, fellers. ~~ Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, singer / actor, d. October 14, 1977 I am not the least afraid to die. ~~ Charles Darwin, d. April 19, 1882 My God. What's happened? ~~ Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales, d. August 31, 1997 I must go in, the fog is rising. ~~ Emily Dickinson, poet, d. 1886 Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain? Minutes before her plane crashed.

~~ Jessica Dubroff, seven-year-old pilot, d. 1996 Adieu, mes amis. Je vais la gloire. (Farewell, my friends! I go to glory!) ~~ Isadora Duncan, dancer, d. 1927 Please know that I am quite aware of the hazards. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others. Last letter to her husband before her last flight. KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low. Last radio communiquï¿½ before her disappearance. ~~ Amelia Earhart, d. 1937 It is very beautiful over there. ~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931 No, I shall not give in. I shall go on. I shall work to the end. ~~ Edward VII, King of Britain, d. 1910 All my possessions for a moment of time. ~~ Elizabeth I, Queen of England, d. 1603 I've never felt better. ~~ Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., actor, d.

December 12, 1939 I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring. ~~ Richard Feynman, physicist, d. 1988 I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it. ~~ Errol Flynn, actor, d. October 14, 1959 A dying man can do nothing easy. ~~ Benjamin Franklin, statesman, d. April 17, 1790 Come my little one, and give me your hand. Spoken to his daughter, Ottilie. ~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer, d. March 22, 1832 I know you have come to kill me. Shoot coward, you are only going to kill a man. Facing his assassin, Mario Teran, a Bolivian soldier. ~~ Ernesto "Che" Guevara, d. October 9, 1967 Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy. When asked if he thought dying was tough. ~~ Edmund Gwenn, actor, d. September 6, 1959 God will pardon me, that's his line of work.

~~ Heinrich Heine, poet, d. February 15, 1856 Turn up the lights, I don't want to go home in the dark. ~~ O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), writer, d. June 4, 1910 All is lost. Monks, monks, monks! ~~ Henry VIII, King of England, d. 1547 I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. ~~ Thomas Hobbes, writer, d. 1679 I see black light. ~~ Victor Hugo, writer, d. May 22, 1885 Oh, do not cry - be good children and we will all meet in heaven. ~~ Andrew Jackson, US President, d. 1845 Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees. Killed in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. ~~ General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, d. 1863 Is it the Fourth? ~~ Thomas Jefferson, US President, d. July 4, 1826 Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

From Luke 23:46 ~~ James Joyce, writer, d. 1941 Why not? Yeah. ~~ Timothy Leary, d. May 31, 1996 Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death. ~~ Franz Leher, composer, d. October 24, 1948 A King should die standing. ~~ Louis XVIII, King of France, d. 1824 Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal? ~~ Louis XIV, King of France, d. 1715 I am a Queen, but I have not the power to move my arms. ~~ Louise, Queen of Prussia, d. 1820 Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers. ~~ Walter De La Mare, writer, d. 1956 Let's cool it brothers . . . Spoken to his assassins, 3 men who shot him 16 times. ~~ Malcolm X, Black leader, d. 1966 Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

To his housekeeper, who urged him to tell her his last words so she could write them down for posterity. ~~ Karl Marx, revolutionary, d. 1883 I forgive everybody. I pray that everybody may also forgive me, and my blood which is about to be shed will bring peace to Mexico. Long live Mexico! Long Live Independence! ~~ Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, (Archduke Maximilian of Austria), d. June 11, 1867 Nothing matters. Nothing matters. ~~ Louis B. Mayer, film producer, d. October 29, 1957 It's all been very interesting. ~~ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writer, d. 1762 I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it - died in a hotel room. ~~ Eugene O'Neill, writer, d. November 27, 1953 Good-bye . . . why am I hemorrhaging? ~~ Boris Pasternak, writer, d. 1959 Get my swan costume ready. ~~ Anna Pavlova, ballerina, d.

1931 I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies unshriven. Giving his reasons for refusing to see a priest as he lay dying. ~~ Pietro Perugino, Italian painter, d. 1523 Lord help my poor soul. ~~ Edgar Allan Poe, writer, d. October 7, 1849 I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you. Spoken to his wife. ~~ James K. Polk, US President, d. 1849 Here am I, dying of a hundred good symptoms. ~~ Alexander Pope, writer, d. May 30, 1744 I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor. ~~ Franï¿½ois Rabelais, writer, d. 1553 I have a terrific headache. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage. ~~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, d. 1945 Put out the light. ~~ Theodore Roosevelt, US President, d. 1919 They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . . Killed in battle during US Civil War. ~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d.

1864 Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die. Spoken to his nurse. ~~ George Bernard Shaw, playwright, d. November 2, 1950 I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record . . . ~~ Dylan Thomas, poet, d. 1953 Moose . . . Indian . . . ~~ Henry David Thoreau, writer, d. May 6, 1862 God bless... God damn. ~~ James Thurber, humorist, d. 1961 I feel here that this time they have succeeded. ~~ Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, d. 1940 Don't worry chief, it will be alright. ~~ Rudolph Valentino, actor, d. August 23, 1926 Woe is me. Me thinks I'm turning into a god. ~~ Vespasian, Roman Emperor, d. 79 AD Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something. ~~ Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary, d.

1923 I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have. ~~ Leonardo da Vinci, artist, d. 1519 I die hard but am not afraid to go. ~~ George Washington, US President, d. December 14, 1799 Go away. I'm all right. ~~ H. G. Wells, novelist, d. 1946 Either that wallpaper goes, or I do. ~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900 I am ready. ~~ Woodrow Wilson, US President, d. 1924 Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good! ~~ Florenz Ziegfeld, showman, d. July 22, 1932 Famous Last Words Famous Last Words June 4, 2016 by Ben Witherington Today is the day Ann and I were married in S. Hamilton, Mass. in 1977.

It seems like an opportune moment to reflect on some ‘famous last words’ none better than those of Jesus— ‘Father into thy hands I commend my spirit’. See in what peace a Christian can die. ~~ Joseph Addison, writer, d. June 17, 1719 Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well–let ’em wait. In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, “General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.” ~~ Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, d. 1789 Am I dying or is this my birthday? When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside. ~~ Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964 I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. ~~ Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, d.1170 Friends applaud, the comedy is finished. ~~ Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, d. March 26, 1827 Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we have been so happy. Spoken to her husband of 9 months, Rev.

Arthur Nicholls. ~~ Charlotte Bronte, writer, d. March 31, 1855 Ay Jesus. ~~ Charles V, King of France, d. 1380 Damn it . . . Don’t you dare ask God to help me. To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud. ~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977 I am not the least afraid to die. ~~ Charles Darwin, d. April 19, 1882 It is very beautiful over there. ~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931 Yes, it’s tough, but not as tough as doing comedy. When asked if he thought dying was tough. ~~ Edmund Gwenn, actor, d. September 6, 1959 God will pardon me, that’s his line of work. ~~ Heinrich Heine, poet, d. February 15, 1856 All is lost. Monks, monks, monks! ~~ Henry VIII, King of England, d. 1547 Oh, do not cry – be good children and we will all meet in heaven.

~~ Andrew Jackson, US President, d. 1845 Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees. Killed in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. ~~ General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, d. 1863 I forgive everybody. I pray that everybody may also forgive me, and my blood which is about to be shed will bring peace to Mexico. Long live Mexico! Long Live Independence! ~~ Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, (Archduke Maximilian of Austria), d. June 11, 1867 I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies unshriven. Giving his reasons for refusing to see a priest as he lay dying. ~~ Pietro Perugino, Italian painter, d. 1523 Lord help my poor soul. ~~ Edgar Allan Poe, writer, d. October 7, 1849 Get my swan costume ready. ~~ Anna Pavlova, ballerina, d. 1931 Woe is me. Me thinks I’m turning into a god. ~~ Vespasian, Roman Emperor, d.

79 AD Leonardo da Vinci, inventor and painter. “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” ~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900 Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good! ~~ Florenz Ziegfeld, showman, d. July 22, 1932 Michel de Nostradamus, French apothecary and alleged soothsayer. He made one last — correct — prediction when he said: “You will not find me alive at sunrise.” Thanks to the folks at for some of these….. "Either that wallpaper goes, or I do." Last words of Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900 Favorites Famous last words – from Voltaire to Christ Famous last words – from Voltaire to Christ Published: 12/01/2007 at 1:00 AM Greg Laurie About | Email | Archive Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., one of the largest churches in America.

He is also the featured speaker for Harvest Crusades, large-scale evangelistic outreaches that have been attended by more than 4 million people around the world since 1990. Greg is heard internationally on the daily radio broadcast, "A New Beginning." To learn more about Greg Laurie go to . Print For every person, there will come a last meal, a last breath and, of course, a last statement. And in many ways, what we say in the end is a real insight into what we were in life, what we stood for and what we lived for. Generally, we die as we have lived. I read about a man who had been very successful in the restaurant business, establishing many restaurants around the United States. When his life was almost over, as he was on his deathbed with his family gathered nearby, he gave his last whisper: “Slice the ham thin!” On Nov. 30, 1900, the last words of the famous writer, Oscar Wilde, were, “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” Sometimes, people know they are giving their last words.

Before he was to be hanged for spying on the British, the last words of American patriot Nathan Hale were: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” At other times, people don’t know when they will be giving their last words, such as John F. Kennedy, who said, “That’s obvious!” This statement was made in response to Nellie Connally, the wife of Texas Gov. John Connelly. She had remarked to the president as they traveled by motorcade through Dallas, cheered by adoring throngs, “Mr. President, you certainly can’t say that Dallas doesn’t love you.” Seconds later, his life was cut short by an assassin’s bullets. Just prior to Teddy Roosevelt’s charge up Kettle Hill in the Spanish-American War, one of the famous Rough Riders was standing up, smoking a cigarette and joking with his troops while under withering fire from the ridge.

One of his sergeants shouted to him above the noise, “Captain, a bullet is sure to hit you!” William “Buckey” O’Neil shouted back, “Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn’t made that will kill me!” As those words left his mouth, he was hit and killed by a bullet. Then there were the last words of American tenor Richard Versalle, who was performing one night at the Metropolitan Opera. Versalle had climbed a ladder for his scene, and after singing the words, “Too bad you can only live so long,” immediately suffered a heart attack and died. And death is no respecter of persons, even for royalty. On her deathbed, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, said, “All my possessions for a moment of time.” And Princess Diana, following that horrific car accident in a Paris tunnel, was heard to say, “My God, what happened?” History tells the story of the renowned atheist, Voltaire, one of the most aggressive antagonists of Christianity. He wrote many things to undermine the church, and once said of Jesus Christ, “Curse the wretch. In 20 years, Christianity will be no more.

My single hand will destroy the edifice it took 12 apostles to rear.” Needless to say, Voltaire was less than successful. And on his deathbed, a nurse who attended him was reported to have said, “For all the wealth in Europe, I would not see another atheist die.” The physician, waiting up with Voltaire at his death, said that he cried out with utter desperation, “I am abandoned by God and man. I will give you half of what I am worth if you will give me six months of life. Then I shall go to hell and you will go with me, oh, Christ, oh, Jesus Christ!” What a difference faith makes. The last words of Stephen, who was being stoned to death, were, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. … Lord, do not charge them with this sin” (Acts 7:59-60). The great evangelist D. L. Moody, on his deathbed, said, “I see Earth receding and heaven is opening. God is calling me.” And what of Jesus Christ, crucified on a Roman cross and near death?

Toward the end of that terrible day – from about noon until three o’clock in the afternoon – an ominous darkness fell across the land. The darkness was suddenly pierced by the voice of Jesus: “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” No fiction writer would have his or her hero say words like these. They surprise us, disarm us, and cause us to wonder what He meant. We are looking at something that, in many ways, is impossible for us as humans to fathom. When Jesus cried out these words, they were not the delusions of a man in pain. His faith was not failing Him. After all, He cried out, “My God, My God. …” As Christ hung there, He was bearing the sins of the world. He was dying as a substitute for others, suffering the punishment for those sins on their behalf. In some mysterious way we can never fully comprehend, during those awful hours on the cross the Father was pouring out the full measure of His wrath against sin. And the recipient of that wrath was God’s own beloved Son! God was punishing Jesus as though He had personally committed every evil deed of every evil person who has ever lived.

So the Holy Father had to turn His face and pour His wrath upon His own Son. Understand that for Jesus, this was the greatest sacrifice He could have possibly made. His greatest pain occurred at this moment. The fact is Jesus was forsaken of God so that I don’t have to be. Jesus was forsaken of God for a time so that I might enjoy His presence forever. Jesus was forsaken of God so that I might be forgiven. Jesus entered the darkness so that I might walk in the light. You can tell a great deal about someone by what they say in their last moments on earth. Jesus’ last words, just before He yielded His spirit in death, were all about suffering for sins He never committed. That was to make sure that our last words could be, “Father, I’m coming home.” Talk:Oscar Wilde - Wikiquote Talk:Oscar Wilde Wildeism?[ edit ] ALMOST NOTHING IN HERE IS ACTUALLY ABOUT OSCAR WILDE! WTF?!?!?!?! One commonly attributed to Wilde is "The General was essentially a man of peace, except of course in his domestic affairs." Did Wilde say or write this? Is it original?

It's WRITTEN it's a quote from "The Importance of Being Earnest". I was in it this year. (Technically, as this is a reply, it should be indented.) The quote is "The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life," and is said by Lady Bracknell in the third act of The Importance of Being Earnest. I am not sure if Wilde invented this quote or is merely using it. The Importance of Being Earnest[ edit ] Some of the quotes attributed to Wilde as part of "The Importance of Being Earnest" are not in any edition of the play that I have read. Which edition was used for this page? Clarification: The quotes to which I refer are "Mothers, of course, are all right. They pay a chaps bills and don't bother him. But fathers bother a chap and never pay his bills." (Act 1) and "When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him.

One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand." (Act 3) Û Note: Various quotes are sometimes attributed to Oscar Wilde that are actually taken from liberal directors edits made to his plays or from movies based on either Wilde's work, or his life. I added these quotes back in and some others which needed verifying. They are indeed from Earnest but from the four act version which was cut to three acts for performance and the three act version is the one usually printed. MeltBanana 18:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC) Another commonly attributed to Wilde, semble referring to the "English face" is “Once seen, never remembered.” Did Wilde say or write this? "Lady Alice Chapman, his hostess's daughter, a dowdy dull girl, with one of those characteristic British faces that, once seen, are never remembered." - Dorian Gray, Ch. 15 Hubert ;-) 10:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC) Wilde quote[ edit ] The other day I heard this quote: "The most interesting people are men with a future and women with a history".

One of Wilde's? "I like men who have a future and women who have a past." Dorian Gray, ch. 15 Hubert ;-) 10:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC) .... Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability. If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you........... K_M Those Drapes[ edit ] I've heard the quote supposedly attributed to Wilde on his deathbed, "Either those drapes go or I do." I'm pretty sure it's an Uncyclopedia internet joke, but I have a friend who is absolutely convinced that it's a real Wilde quote. Is there any evidence of this? It's not on the page, and I honestly have my doubts. i'm quite sure it was wallpaper. I've read that his last words were 'Either the drapes go or I do!' in a couple different places.

Wilde said something like "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go." More than enough websites, biographies, and collections say this is an actual quote. (As a sidenote; the wallpaper won, but only the first round.) A wise professor once told me that Oscar Wilde's last words were "This wallpaper is atrocious either it or I have to go." I found some information on this on: [1] Where it sais: The following clarification was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Thursday October 18 2007. Oscar Wilde did not say, on his deathbed, "Either those curtains go or I do." He is reported to have said something along the lines of "this wallpaper will be the death of me - one of us will have to go", but not on his deathbed. Zeptomoon 13:09, 20 July 2008 (UTC) It was definitely wallpaper and not drapes. There is a photograph of him on his deathbed, taken by a close friend during the last seven years of his life, Maurice Gilbert, in which the despised wallpaper is visible.

The picture can be found in Barbara Belford's biography, Oscar Wilde: A Certain Genius. I have heard that Mr Wilde turned to the atrocious wallpaper (of a particularly gaudy print) and said, " Oh well, one of us have to go..." positive Mr OW meant the wallpaper... and apparently the ugly wallpaper does still stand.... What he actually said was, “This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.” Which is pretty damn funny, and also poignant, since Oscar Wilde — formerly world-renowned poet and playwright — was lying, broke and abandoned by nearly all of his friends, on his deathbed in a cheap hotel in France. But he still got in one last zinger! And “Either this wallpaper goes or I do” is a pretty damn funny thing to say, considering he was dying and in a lot of pain and all. Unfortunately, he said this weeks before he died. Oscar Wilde’s actual last words, as far as we can tell, were part of a mumbled Catholic prayer. (Source: ) Work is the curse of the drinking classes Oscar Wilde That´s on a birthday card I got yesterday. Worth to add in my opinion.

Kai why do we need a quote repeated?[ edit ] The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. Ch. 2 It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. Ch. 2 InvisibleSun: can you tell me why we need that repeated? 203.206.217.45 12:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC) I've corrected my previous error and left a note for the same on your talk page. - InvisibleSun 12:19, 14 September 2006 (UTC) Can anyone verify this one for me?[ edit ] I just added a quote which I have in a file I keep of favorite quotes: "I'll be a poet, a writer, a dramatist. Somehow or other, I'll be famous, and if not famous, I'll be notorious." a quick web search shows several sites that attribute this to him, one makes mention of a book: Morley, Sheridan. Oscar Wilde. London: Pavillion Books, 1997.

I dont have this book, if someone does and can check if the book has a verifiable source for the quote and can update this entry I would appreciate it. I don't have it, but I'll check it out next time I'm at the library. I would say that the details you have at the moment are enough to put in as an attribution. Fys . &#147; Ta fys aym &#148;. 23:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC) Aha, finally got time to get to the library, and found the reference (on page 31 in the 1976 first edition, probably the same in the 1997 reprint). The quote actually went on in an even more piquant way. Will now add it to the quotes page. Fys . &#147; Ta fys aym &#148;. 20:10, 2 October 2006 (UTC) Another Wilde Quote?[ edit ] An Oscar Wilde poster I've seen has the quote "Most people are other people.

Their thoughts are someone else's opinion, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." Yes, I found this one aswell on Quotationspage.com, the details along with it said it was quoted from De Profundis, 1905. -- Parfaitement inutile 05:23, 10 January 2007 (UTC) Rudeness[ edit ] "A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude." I've seen this attributed to Wilde in more than a couple of places. It's worth running down. -- 72.70.31.216 07:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC) The trouble with Socialism[ edit ] Another quote frequently attributed to Oscar Wilde: "The trouble with Socialism is that it takes too many evenings." It's not listed in the article, but it's frequently quoted in other parts of the Web. Did he really say or write this or is it just a myth?

-- Chrissi 12:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Unsourced America quote[ edit ] I heard the quote about America going from barbarism to decadence without creating a civilisation in A Good Woman, the Mike Barker film of Lady Windermere's Fan. This does not appear to be in the original play, so maybe it should be ascribed to the screenwriter of A Good Woman, whoever that was... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.206.157.29 ( talk • contribs ) April 1, 2008 at 21:49 (UTC) The quote may be found on the page of Georges Clemenceau : "America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization." — As quoted in the Saturday Review of Literature (1 December 1945) - InvisibleSun 22:00, 1 April 2008 (UTC) I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.[ edit ] Wilde?

68.254.158.22 18:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC) lo![ edit ] lol i saw lo! in the article and for couple of picoseconds i imagined Wilde saying lol/laughing xD -- 150.140.227.137 17:26, 30 October 2008 (UTC) Hi! I think Jack: "I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left." from ...Earnest should be in this collection since it is not only a great quote, it is played twice at the end of the song Rubber Ring by The Smiths (from the album The World won't listen) "Who, being loved, is poor?"[ edit ] The internets are lousy with attributions of this quote to Wilde. Is that correct? If not, anyone know who did Italic textsay it?

MisterJayEm 18:56, 15 December 2009 (UTC) - The plays of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 page 86. Hester says it. You can see this source on google books. Quote sourcing on the web tip[ edit ] Try to use a proprietary database like LitFinder, if you have access to one. If you're stuck searching the web though, here's a way to improve your chances. Google your phrase or keywords, and add "filetype:pdf". This will exclude all the html web sources like Brainyquote and ThinkExist, which are not rigorously sourced. The resulting pdf files will often be from actual print publications, wherein you will have a better chance of finding a solid source. A few other quotes of Oscar Wilde[ edit ] "I can resist everything except temptation." "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." "I have nothing to declare except my genius." "There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." "I never travel without my diary.

One should always have something sensational to read in the train." "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing." "All women become like their mother. That's their tragedy. No man does. That's his." "He felt as if a hand of ice had been laid upon hist heart." (The picture of Dorian Gray) "Everything popular is wrong"[ edit ] I was reading Timothy Ferris's "The 4-hour Workweek", and one of the quotes he uses to start a chapter is "Everything popular is wrong.", which he attributes to The Importance of Being Earnest. However, I can't find it in the play. Did Wilde actually say this anywhere? Someone online rationalizes that it came from an early draft, but I can't find any reference to the phrase dating before the publication of Ferris's book, which leads me to think he made it up.

— Jclee 18:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC) Meeting with Gide in Algeria[ edit ] A note on the meeting with André Gide in Algeria in January 1895 (notable especially for the quote “I put all my genius into my life”) – the conversation in question happen in Algiers (the capital), as stated in Gide’s journal (quoted in Evangelista, p. 98 – “…when, in Algiers, …”). However, the travel is potentially a bit confusing (I don’t have Gide’s letters or journal to hand), but AFAICT (Evangelista, p. 97), they met in Blida (a smaller town outside Algiers, the capital) on the 27th, then Gide returned to Algiers the next day (28th, 8 am) – Wilde and Douglas also returned to Algiers, perhaps separately?, they had additional meetings together (most notably on the 30th), then Wilde left for England on the 31st, while Gide and Douglas went (separately) to Biskra (oasis, winter vacation resort) and spent a fortnight there together.

Thus, other than the afternoon or evening (and night) of the 27th (meeting in Blida), the entire time that Wilde and Gide spent together (or at least meeting each other) was in Algiers (as was this conversation in question) – however, they initially met in Blida; I’d summarize as “meeting in Blida, conversation in Algiers”. Hope this clarifies matters! —Nils von Barth ( nbarth ) ( talk ) 13:11, 20 September 2011 (UTC) The Decay of Lying[ edit ] I think that the quote "Art persists, it timelessly continues." doesn't belong to "The Decay Of Lying". Can anyone confirm if I am right and remove the quote, please? (I'm sorry about my english...) Thank you!! -- Gimlinu ( talk ) 22:00, 15 May 2012 (UTC) Y Done. Thank you for pointing it out.

~ DanielTom ( talk ) 19:23, 5 June 2013 (UTC) "Dreams"[ edit ] "they've promised that dreams come true but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams too" I've seen that supposed quote all over the Internet, but I can't seem to find the source. Can someone put me out of my mysery? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 181.50.110.207 ( talk ) I added the quote to a just now created "disputed" section. Hopefully one of the website's quote tracking freaks will look into the matter. -- Spannerjam ( talk ) 17:30, 26 July 2013 (UTC) That quote has absolutely zero hits on GoogleBooks, and so it is highly unlikely that Oscar Wilde ever wrote any such thing. (GoodReads attributes it to him, but cites no sources, and lacks credibility.) ~ DanielTom ( talk ) 17:39, 26 July 2013 (UTC) What makes an anonymous post at Goodreads a useful citation?

I think the IP above had the right approach: post it on the talk page to be investigated, not in the article. In my opinion, trash found "all over the Internet" should not be included in an article unless and until one finds it attributed or discussed by a notable source, or at least one that could plausibly appear credible. There is no end of nonsense on the internet, and it serves no useful purpose to repeat it here. ~ Ningauble ( talk ) 16:12, 30 July 2013 (UTC) I guess you are right, since you are more versed in this matter than me. But I believe Goodsreads is a notable source: It is the most famous quotation page after Wikiquote. -- Spannerjam ( talk ) 06:53, 2 August 2013 (UTC) Saying Goodreads is notable is like saying Blogspot and Facebook are notable: the notability of user-generated content sites does not extend to whatever some anonymous user posts there.

(Note also that a list of top ranking quotation sites may be found at Alexa, which does not include Goodreads in the category.) Since you seem to be conceding the point, albeit reluctantly, I will go ahead and remove it from the article. ~ Ningauble ( talk ) 18:19, 10 August 2013 (UTC) "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken"[ edit ] Did Oscar Wilde say that? Where? —This unsigned comment is by 201.190.78.4 ( talk • contribs ) . I don't think he said it. (At least it isn't in any of his writings.) It's just another online unsourced attribution to him. ~ DanielTom ( talk ) 17:09, 21 August 2013 (UTC) -- 204.100.180.142 19:26, 30 November 2015 (UTC) Actually, he said it to a child who was crying.

When he asked why the child said, "I'm nothing like anybody." The only difference between a saint and a sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future[ edit ] It seems to me this is the best argument against capital punishment that I have ever heard. DStanB 19:10 27 August 2013 Unsourced[ edit ] Note: A great many misquotations are attributed to Wilde. Please seek to verify the provenance of any quotations you believe should be ascribed to him. Once quote has been sourced, please remove it from this section and place it in the proper area of the "Sourced" section above. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. The only creative thought one can have in an institution is how to get out. A true friend stabs you in the front Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Bigamy is having a wife too many, monogamy is the same. A lie is the beginning of a new story. That's why we love Art.

Buck up and be jolly, my dear lady! Stillbirth is a sign that God has a sense of humour! Notes: It is claimed that Wilde said this upon visiting a London birthing ward and visiting with a distraught mother who had just birthed stillborn twins. My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go. Note: Wilde said this in the Left Bank hotel in Paris where he died on November 30, 1900. The wallpaper has also since gone and the room re-furnished in the style of one of Wilde's London flats. See also Famous last words . Sometimes misquoted as "Either that wallpaper goes, or I do". I am dying as I have lived: beyond my means. I don't recognize you - I've changed a lot. I have nothing to declare except my genius. This is one of Wilde's most famous sayings, which he is supposed to have said while passing through a customs checkpoint in New York. However, there is no contemporary evidence for the remark, and the earliest known appearance is Arthur Ransome, Oscar Wilde: A Critical Study (1912), which does not present it as a direct quote.

For a detailed analysis see: Nothing To Declare . In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust. Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. One of the requisites of sanity is to disagree with the majority of the British public. Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Quoted by Frank Harris in Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions (1916). I don't want to earn a living; I want to live "Love is a matter of chemistry, sex is a matter of physics."[ edit ] I've seen this quote attributed to Oscar Wilde on a handful of generic quote database sites, as well as some list-of-the-day sites with famous sayings about love, but when I search for the quote on Google without including Oscar Wilde's name in the search terms, the only attribution that turns up is an Uncyclopedia page. If you dig around, you can find the quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte and some "Nateman" individual, but there's really nothing reliable to back it up.

Eventually, I was able to find the first half of the quote "love is a matter of chemistry" in a short story, The Up-To-Date Sorcerer, by Isaac Asimov. Of course, Asimov's quote leaves out the second half about sex and physics, so I'm stumped. Did Isaac Asimov quote Oscar Wilde? Has Asimov's quote been re-used, modified, and misattributed? — 24.22.203.146 23:54, 3 December 2013 (UTC) The use of 'chemistry' in the sense of interpersonal 'spark' sounds very modern to me - too modern to be from Wilde. 78.149.98.199 22:18, 24 June 2016 (UTC) what about "Everything in the world is about sex except sex.

Sex is about power?"[ edit ] it should be written at least in the "misattributed" list-- 93.66.195.134 14:04, 16 April 2014 (UTC) Right, I was just about to say that, too. - Saibod ( talk ) 23:01, 26 June 2014 (UTC) "Looking good and dressing well"[ edit ] Random people on the internet attribute this quote to Wilde. Is it real? "Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." "Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it."[ edit ] The above quote appears to be making the rounds, misattributed to Wilde. A variation is already documented as a common misattribution, here: Charles_Darwin#blind_man . Just in case other people come here looking, I thought it worth mentioning, at least on the talk page.

JesseW ( talk ) 04:39, 17 October 2014 (UTC) “It’s not about what it’s about.”[ edit ] Is this a real quote of Wilde or spurious / misattributed? MPSchneiderLC ( talk ) 21:00, 13 January 2015 (UTC) Protection[ edit ] Please FULLY protect this page. Vandalism from Uncyclopedia users is VERY predictable. 24.68.146.148 22:50, 9 March 2015 (UTC) Famous last words Famous last words Greg Laurie About | Email | Archive Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., one of the largest churches in America. He is also the featured speaker for Harvest Crusades, large-scale evangelistic outreaches that have been attended by more than 4 million people around the world since 1990. Greg is heard internationally on the daily radio broadcast, "A New Beginning." To learn more about Greg Laurie go to . Print Greg Laurie is the author of 12 inspirational books, which are available online .

For every person, there will come a last meal, a last breath and, of course, a last statement. And in many ways, what we say in the end is a real insight into what we were in life, what we stood for and indeed lived for. Generally, we die as we have lived. I read about a man who had been very successful in the restaurant business and had established many restaurants around the United States. When his life was almost over, as he was on his deathbed with his family gathered nearby, he gave his last whisper: “Slice the ham thin!” On Nov. 30, 1900, the last words of the famous writer Oscar Wilde were, “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” Sometimes, people know they are giving their last words. Before he was to be hanged for spying on the British, the last words of American patriot Nathan Hale were: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” And at other times, people don’t know when they will be giving their last words, such as John F.

Kennedy, who said, “That’s obvious!” This statement was made in response to Nellie Connally, the wife of Texas Governor John Connally, who had remarked to the president as they traveled by motorcade through Dallas, cheered by adoring throngs, “Mr. President, you certainly can’t say that Dallas doesn’t love you.” Seconds later his life was cut short by an assassin’s bullets. Then there were the last words of William “Buckey” O’Neil, an Arizona lawyer, miner, cowboy, gambler, newspaperman, sheriff and congressman. He was also one of the most important members of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. Just prior to the famous charge up Kettle Hill, O’Neil was standing up, smoking a cigarette, and joking with his troops while under withering fire from the ridge. One of his sergeants shouted to him above the noise, “Captain, a bullet is sure to hit you!” O’Neil shouted back his reply: “Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn’t made that will kill me!” No sooner had O’Neil uttered these words when he was hit and killed by a bullet. Then there were the last words of U.S.

tenor Richard Versalle who was performing one night at the Metropolitan Opera. Versalle had climbed a ladder for his scene, and after singing the words, “Too bad you can only live so long,” immediately had a heart attack and died. And death is no respecter of persons, even for royalty. On her deathbed, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, said, “All my possessions for a moment of time.” And Princess Diana, following that horrific car accident in a Paris tunnel, was heard to say, “My God, what happened?” History tells the story of the renowned atheist Voltaire, who was one of the most aggressive antagonists of Christianity. He wrote many things to undermine the church, and once said of Jesus Christ, “Curse the wretch. In 20 years, Christianity will be no more. My single hand will destroy the edifice it took 12 apostles to rear.” Needless to say, Voltaire was less than successful.

And on his deathbed, a nurse who attended him was reported to have said, “For all the wealth in Europe, I would not see another atheist die.” The physician, waiting up with Voltaire at his death, said that he cried out with utter desperation, “I am abandoned by God and man. I will give you half of what I am worth if you will give me six months of life. Then I shall go to hell and you will go with me, oh, Christ, oh, Jesus Christ!” What a difference faith makes. The last words of Stephen, who was being stoned to death, were, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. … Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” (Acts 7:59-60) The great evangelist D. L. Moody, on his deathbed, said, “I see earth receding and heaven is opening. God is calling me.” Now let’s consider the most famous and important “last words” ever uttered: the words of Jesus as He hung on the cross. I want to focus on one statement in particular, for in it we see God’s most painful moment.

Jesus had been taken to be crucified on the cross, and death by crucifixion was really death by suffocation. It was extremely hard even to breathe, much less speak. Add to this the fact that He had been brutally scourged. The process of scourging was barbaric. The prisoner was tied to a post with his hands over his head, his body taut. The whip had a short, wooden handle with several leather thongs attached, each tipped with sharp pieces of metal or bone. As the whip was brought down on the prisoner, his muscles would be lacerated, veins and arteries would be torn open, and even the kidneys, spleen, or other organs could be exposed and slashed. Then there was the crucifixion itself, which would cause you to turn away in revulsion at the sight of it. There has never been a movie or painting I’ve seen that has even come close to depicting what really happened when Jesus died – that is, until Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ.” I don’t know that any artist or filmmaker could ever capture all that happened on that day, but this film gives us a glimpse of the incredible suffering Jesus went through for us.

Even Gibson has acknowledged that what actually happened to Jesus in His scourging and crucifixion was probably much worse than depicted in his film. Next to Jesus as He hung on that cross were two criminals who were there for their personal crimes. Jesus, on the other hand, was there for the crimes of all humanity. They were there against their will. Yet, Jesus was there because He willingly went. They could not have escaped, but He could have – with just one word to heaven. They were held to their crosses by nails. Jesus was held to His cross by love. It is fascinating to see how these three men reacted as they looked death squarely in the face. Initially as Jesus was nailed to the cross, these two men momentarily forgot their personal pain and joined the chorus of the onlookers’ voices: “He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.'” Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing. (Matt.

27:42-44) How this mockery and unbelief must have pained the tender heart of Jesus. Even there at the cross, they persisted, while He was atoning for the very people who were spewing this venom. In Matthew’s account of this event we read that both thieves joined the crowd in mockery, yet Luke’s Gospel tells us that one of them did and was rebuked by the other. Is this a contradiction? No, it is a conversion! Something significant happened to change the heart of one of these thieves, bringing him to his spiritual senses. Initially, he joined the chorus of mockery toward Jesus, but then he watched with amazement as Jesus suffered the same crucifixion as he and the other thief had, yet without any complaint, angry protest or cursing. Then came those unbelievable, unexpected, incomprehensible words of Christ, “Father, forgive them. …” (Luke 23:34) These words reverberated through the thief’s hardened heart! His rebellion, bitterness and anger that had no doubt driven him all these years had dissolved. His hardened heart softened. Jesus gave six other statements as well from the cross that day, but this first statement is so significant.

While the first word Jesus uttered from the cross was a prayer for His enemies, the second was an answer to prayer, an answer addressed to a single individual. Jesus spoke to Him as though he were the only person in the world. Luke’s Gospel tells us the believing thief then said, “‘Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.'” (Luke 23:42-43) Can you imagine the joy that must have filled this man’s heart? Talk about being in the right place at the right time! One day, you and I will give our last words, too. I hope they, too, are words of prayer, not words of unbelief.

Question: """Either the wallpaper goes or I do"" are the reported last words of which writer in 1900?"
Answer: Oscar Wilde