W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FreedomLoseComfortWillMoreEase

I had kids make fun of me because not only was I blonde but also Polish.

Joanna Krupa

FunMeBlondeBecauseOnlyKids

I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.

Jeffrey Thomas

MusicNameFirstInspirationPunk

I am wholesome.

Andrea Corr

I AmWholesomeAm

I came up with the idea for what later became Paychex in 1970 when I was working for Electronic Accounting Systems, a company that sold payroll processing to companies with 50 to 1,000 employees.

Tom Golisano

AccountingEmployeesCompanyUpIdea

It's why this sport is so great. You learn something every day. Every day, something.

Miguel Cabrera

GreatDayLearnYouEvery DayWhy

Music does not carry you along. You have to carry it along strictly by your ability to really just focus on that little small kernel of emotion or story.

Debbie Harry

MusicFocusSmallStoryYouEmotion

I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.

Cher

RisksMeWorldChanceThinkNever

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

Bob Marley

TimeSeedPlantGrowSayHe

For me, 'Amy' is a very dark film about love.

Asif Kapadia

LoveMeDarkFilmVeryAbout

Right after my Twin Towers walk, I was approached by hundreds of people, and I said no to all the offers. I could have become a millionaire overnight, obviously, but I said no, and I continue to be uninterested.

Philippe Petit

WalkPeopleSaidBecomeRightTwin

This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.

Poppy Z. Brite

RelationshipEnoughSexUnderstand

Technologies like PayPal foster competition because they enable people to shift their funds from one jurisdiction to another, and I think that ultimately will lead to a world in which there's less government power and therefore more individual control.

Peter Thiel

PowerGovernmentCompetitionPeople

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