Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

Maurice Maeterlinck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: belgian
  • Birth: August 29, 1862 - May 6, 1949

Topics

HappinessSweetRewardGoodnessAct

It's been so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up whom.

Joan Rivers

LongSexUpForgottenBeenWhom

Writing is rewriting; rewriting is writing - from the first crossed-out word in the first sentence to the last word inserted above a caret, that most helpful handwritten stroke.

John Casey

WritingFirstHelpfulAboveLast

'UnREAL' has always been provocative and bitingly honest, which makes the show what it is.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

AlwaysHonestShowBeenProvocative

We worked very well with Mark Sanford. We stood shoulder to shoulder fighting for the principles that we believe in. But another person that stood there as well was a legislator, State Senator Larry Grooms.

Jeff Duncan

BelieveFightingPersonPrinciples

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion, likes to pick a fight - especially fights where the line between good and evil is particularly stark.

Jeff Goodell

GoodFightNew YorkCityEvilNew

My life has shifted to different levels financially, in terms of fame as a result of being blessed enough to be able to share my music with the world, and what that has done for me. Despite all of that, I always want people to listen to my music and be able to relate to it as well as to me.

Trey Songz

LifeMusicPeopleMeBlessedWorld

That's why I can't listen to a whole record of Adele's. She has the most amazing voice, but people must have convinced her they just want to hear love songs.

Lukas Forchhammer

LovePeopleAmazingVoiceWantWhy

I want paint to work as flesh.

Lucian Freud

WorkWantPaintFlesh

Usually I say I have no imagination.

Jose Padilha

ImaginationSay

My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children.

Jonathan Anderson

MusicChildrenBrotherYouthSister

The object of the superior man is truth.

Confucius

TruthManSuperiorObject

Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.

Austin Ligon

ChangeMediocrityResultSituation

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