W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FreedomMoneyValuesLoseComfort

When you're doing 22 shows on network television, the writers are going on vapors towards the end and, as an actor, you're just trashed by the end.

Jimmy Smits

EndDoingYouTelevisionActorJust

I used to think that, when I was a director, I would have a very specific vision of what everything would look like, but now I am more of a camp counselor.

Jill Soloway

VisionI AmThinkLookNowMore

In many respects, my work is very enjoyable, for I seem to get on pretty well with the fellows and enjoy the work of instruction as well as my own studies.

John Gresham Machen

WorkEnjoyMy OwnOwnPrettySeem

My first attempts to transplant nuclei in Xenopus were completely unsuccessful, because the Xenopus egg, unlike those of other amphibians, is surrounded by an extremely elastic membrane and jelly layer that make penetration by a micropipette impossible.

John Gurdon

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Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.

Jennifer Aniston

LoveYourselfThinkYouPlaceOut

I always want to give the victim a voice.

Ann Rule

VoiceWantAlwaysVictimGive

I like to be in control.

Stefflon Don

ControlLike

In the off season, you work out for two hours a day, and then you got all this other time off. I like doing other stuff. Football obviously isn't going to last a lifetime either, so it's always cool to get in front of a camera, do commercials, and do endorsements for products that you love.

Rob Gronkowski

WorkLoveTimeDayFootballCool

I'd like to really make the Montgomery Clift biopic happen.

Matt Bomer

HappenMakeLikeReallyMontgomery

I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings.

Diego Klattenhoff

HappyPeopleMeBuildingsMoreGive

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Winston Churchill

PowerMoreGiveThanReceive

Being nervous is not something you should be ashamed of. Nervous means you care, you really want to do well.

Paula Creamer

CareYouWantNervousAshamedWell

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