W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965

Topics

BeautySimpleRoseYouPerfumeSaid

Music reflects an artist's feelings and their experiences.

Adnan Sami

MusicArtistFeelingsExperiences

For a long time, I thought of singing as my mom's thing. I loved it, but I thought of dance as my thing.

Jillian Hervey

TimeDanceMomSingingThoughtLong

You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.

Joan Jett

TimeToughFindingYouNewKnow

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Jesse Jackson

LeadershipChangeCourageTimeDoes

I've gotten a lot more disciplined since dating Sue.

Megan Rapinoe

DatingMoreSinceSueDisciplined

For me, in Buddhism there is a plethora of specific teachings that one can seek out and find for the individual dilemmas you may have.

Steven Seagal

MeYouFindOutIndividualMay

When you're in your 20s, there's maybe a little room for you to not be at the top of your artistic game, if you look good on a magazine cover. When you're not on the cover of the magazines anymore, then you realize that the work has to be great.

Tori Amos

WorkGoodGreatGameYouLook

If the Bible is correct, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old, that means there were no dinosaurs, and museum curators have been messing with us. Or the dinosaurs were here, and we never noticed them. Or a lot of people saw them but didn't want to say anything.

Ron Shock

PeopleBibleMuseumEarthSayWant

I can't have cats around me because they try to steal my energy.

Roseanne Barr

CatsMeEnergyTryBecauseSteal

I run four times a week.

Jason Flemyng

WeekRunFourTimes

When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind.

Donald E. Westlake

MindDoingWrongTwoWhateverGuy

I think a film is a failure if it doesn't have an emotional effect. That's the film's failure. Not if it doesn't deliver a message, but if it doesn't have emotional effect or visceral effect.

Aunjanue Ellis

FailureThinkEmotionalFilmMessage

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