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Basil Quotes

Basil Grant and I were talking one day in what is perhaps the most perfect place for talking on earth--the top of a tolerably deserted tramcar. To talk on the top of a hill is superb, but to talk on the top of a flying hill is a fairy tale. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps. Oscar Wilde
He once calledher his basil plant; and when she asked for an explanation, said that basil was a plant which had flourished wonderfully ona murdered man's brains. George Eliot
Oscar Wilde quote: "Each of us has heaven and hell in him, Basil, cried Dorian..."
Each of us has heaven and hell in him, Basil, cried Dorian with a wild gesture of despair. Oscar Wilde
Savory...that's a swell word. And Basil and Betel. Capsicum. Curry. All great. But Relish, now, Relish with a capital R. No argument, that' the best. Ray Bradbury
Oscar Wilde quote: "Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil...."
Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all. Oscar Wilde
John Cleese quote: "Whose fault is it, then? Dennis Compton's (Basil Fawlty)"
Whose fault is it, then? Dennis Compton's (Basil Fawlty) John Cleese
I have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry, and to find my wife in Shakespeare’s plays? Lips that Shakespeare taught to speak have whispered their secret in my ear. I have had the arms of Rosalind around me, and kissed Juliet on the mouth. Oscar Wilde
Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.' 'You really must not say things like that before Dorian, Harry.' 'Before which Dorian? The one who is pouring out tea for us, or the one in the picture?' 'Before either.' 'I should like to come to the theatre with you, Lord Henry,' said the lad. 'Then you shall come; and you will come, too, Basil, won't you?' 'I can't, really. I would sooner not. I have a lot of work to do.' 'Well, then you and I will go alone, Mr. Gray.' 'I should... Oscar Wilde
The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid air. A grasshopper began to chirp by the wall, and like a blue thread a long, thin dragonfly floated past on its brown gauze wings. Lord Henry felt as if he could hear Basil Hallward's heart beating, and wondered what was coming. Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde quote: "I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It..."
I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue. Oscar Wilde
Claire Forlani quote: "And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian..."
And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian Slater. Claire Forlani

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