From the Niagara Falls Review:
“Niagara Falls is a vast unnecessary amount of water flowing the wrong way over unnecessary rocks.” This quite original observation was uttered by the great Irish playwright and wit Oscar Wilde during his visit in February 1882.
It is a memorable line. Over the years, there have been many other comments related to our famous falls that for their uniqueness, humour, insight or passion, deserve to be remembered.
What follows are some additional examples of these quotable quotes. Along with his unusual description of the falls, Oscar also referred to honeymooners here when he noted: “Every American bride is taken there and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest disappointments in American married life.”
This remark is usually abbreviated to the somewhat more cutting: “Niagara Falls is the second greatest disappointment in American married life.”