Oscar Fish: Tips For Proper Care ... Oscar fish thrive in temperatures between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, so make sure that you monitor the temperature daily... Once you’ve purchased your Oscar and housed it in it’s new tank, make sure that you have plenty of food on hand... If you plan to add a lot of other fish to your aquarium, make sure that you are aware that Oscar fish are known for their aggressive tendencies....
Mr. Edward Carson, QC: Do you drink champagne yourself?
Mr. oscar Wilde: Yes; iced champagne is a favourite drink of mine—strongly against my doctor’s orders.
Mr. Edward Carson, QC: Never mind your doctor’s orders, sir!
Mr. oscar Wilde: I never do.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with a couple of other people, or that your oscar was for supporting actress, not really for a starring role. More subtly, they can cheer your successes too wildly, forcing you into the awkward realization that your achievement of merely graduating or getting the promotion did not warrant the fireworks and brass band.
—Frank Pittman (20th century)
If, with the literate, I am
Impelled to try an epigram,
I never seek to take the credit;
We all assume that oscar said it.
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)