Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

Maurice Maeterlinck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FuturePathMenPastTradition

If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western, and you've got your Red Lobster where you eat. Everybody's very fat, everybody's very stupid and everybody's very rude - it's not a holiday programme, it's the truth.

Jeremy Clarkson

TruthBestRedStupidThinkingFat

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

Anna Deavere Smith

JobWayTalkInterviewOutGet

I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen.

John Ratzenberger

SailorAlwaysSoldierPlayed

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.

Sonia Sotomayor

AdversitySimpleParentsSpeak

The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.

Silvia Cartwright

LifeValuesWayBeliefsDomination

I've done a whole lot of things. I've had the pleasure of introducing two presidents, several senators and congressmen.

Roy Acuff

DoneTwoPleasureThingsWholeHad

Without your health, everything else means nothing.

Mary J. Blige

HealthNothingEverythingWithout

To manifest your hearts desires you must be what your heart desires.

Joy Page

HeartYouManifestMustHeartsYour

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

Joseph Wood Krutch

BeautyFoodJoyEnvironmentalEnd

People ask where I'm from, and I say 'Los Angeles.' Then they ask again. 'Well, my parents are from Korea.'

Chloe Kim

ParentsPeopleLos AngelesSayAsk

The queen of crime, Agatha Christie, was always more concerned about the clockwork cleverness of the plot, never the investigator.

Christopher Fowler

QueenCrimeMoreNeverAlwaysPlot

It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets. Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn't ever get any better.

Bradley Wiggins

GoodDayGoldEndBetterCountry

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