“If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.”

“Reformed rakes make the best husbands,"Violet said.
"Rubbish and you know it."

-Anthony to Violet”

“You can only talk rubbish if you're aware of knowledge.”

“It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish … to do otherwise is to legitimize it.”

“Good riddance to bad rubbish.”

“In one-act pieces there should be only rubbish—that is their strength.”

“These feelings were exactly what he had been so afraid of, and this was why he had been so sure that falling in love was rubbish, and, surprise surprise, it was rubbish, and … and it was too late.”

“The most of us make our backs ache carrying useless, foolish burdens. We carry luggage and rubbish that are of no earthly use, but which sap our strength and keep us jaded and tired to no purpose. If we could only learn to hold on to the things worthwhile, and drop the rubbish, — let go the useless, the foolish, the silly, the hamperers, the things that hinder, — we should not only make progress but we should keep happy and harmonious.”

“This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.”

“We are such things as rubbish is made of, so let's drink up and forget it.”