W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

New Year'sDinnerPartyTalkEat

Playing in my early bands, working as a studio musician, producing and going to art school was, in retrospect, my apprenticeship. I was learning and creating a solid foundation of ideas, but I wasn't really playing music.

Jimmy Page

LearningMusicArtSchoolIdeas

There has never been a law passed that I couldn't bend.

Jimmy Savile

LawNeverBendBeenPassed

There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas.

Jerry Falwell

EffortChristmasBeenSteal

White people have always slipped in and out of the experiences of people of color and been praised extravagantly for it.

Jenny Zhang

PeopleColorWhiteAlwaysOutBeen

Nowadays, if a studio assumes that his film is bad, there is always an executive that gets more nervous than usual and thinks that if they change the music, the film will become a masterpiece.

Maurice Jarre

ChangeMusicBadNervousBecome

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

Ann Bancroft

EducationSchoolCollegeHigh School

My dad is a children's singer. His name is Red Grammer. He's literally one of the happiest people on the planet.

Andy Grammer

ChildrenRedPeopleNameSingerHe

If a guy does us wrong the week before, and he does something the next week where he makes an effort to make it right, then I pretty much will let that go. You don't forget about it, but just seeing that the guy makes an effort the next week means a lot.

Tony Stewart

EffortWeekYouSeeingWrongForget

I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver.

Rodger Ward

GoodCarExperienceTrainingCrown

To me, self-care isn't really shallow. Showing up for yourself, putting on a little moisturizer, can inspire so many different parts of your life.

Jonathan Van Ness

LifeYourselfMeInspireShowing Up

There is an explosion of information happening, yet people demand quick access to relevant content that cuts through the clutter.

Anne M. Mulcahy

PeopleInformationQuickContent

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.

Arthur Keith

ChristianMoreOldAncientThanNay

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