Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

Maurice Maeterlinck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthValueTrueMoreBecauseMost

I brought my first fall/winter line to New York, and it was confiscated by U.S. Customs. They asked, 'What is the value of this?' I said, 'I'm not so good with existential questions.'

John Malkovich

GoodValueNew YorkQuestionsNew

The moral angle to the foreclosure crisis - and, of course, in capitalism we're not supposed to be concerned with the moral stuff, but let's mention it anyway - shows a culture that is slowly giving in to a futuristic nightmare ideology of computerized greed and unchecked financial violence.

Matt Taibbi

CultureCapitalismFinancialGreed

Hollywood is just like high school: The popular people love the other popular people. And the thing is, some people aren't nice. Or they are nice, but only to your face, not elsewhere.

Amanda Seyfried

LoveSchoolPeopleHigh SchoolFace

I feel every film has its own charm and gets made for a purpose.

Sridevi

PurposeFeelOwnCharmFilmMade

I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.

Sonia Sotomayor

BelieveConstitutionHonorBendSays

Rock n' roll is a participatory sport.

Steven Van Zandt

RockRollSportRock N Roll

I'm not one of those critics that believes U.S. foreign policy is confused, or stupid, or misinformed, or well-intentioned but it goes awry. I think it's a brilliant policy filled with many brilliant, terrible, horrible victories.

Michael Parenti

StupidThinkConfusedBrilliant

When your hair is rising, that's when you know it's a good song - that's happened to me with some artists and some songs, John Lennon songs or when Nina Simone sings. It's great to make those moments yourself.

Jose Gonzalez

GoodGreatYourselfMeHairSong

I called it Rockabilly 'cause I was rocking the strums, which you're not supposed to do.

Dick Dale

YouCauseRockingWhichSupposed

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.

Denzel Washington

MotherGodManMeMomAward

As I rebuild my life, I remind myself not to relive the past.

Chelsea Manning

LifeMyselfPastMy LifeRebuild

I think we all have different ways with coming to terms with celebrity if you're raised within it. Everyone goes through it differently, and there's no one right answer.

Cole Sprouse

ThinkYouCelebrityRightWithin

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