A Reason to Like America

"I like America. Name me another society that's gone from barbarism to decadence without bothering to create a civilization in between."
Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore), A Good Woman

Carelessness

"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness."
Lady Augusta Bracknell (Judi Dench), The Importance of Being Earnest

Romance

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."
Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett), An Ideal Husband

People and Principles

"I like persons better than principles and persons with no principles better than anything at all."
Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders), The Picture of Dorian Gray