W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeDarknessCityNightLights

If people think that Colorado is a beacon for artists and creative people who are really talented, I think they're going to be a little happier during the day, and I think they're going to be a little more successful at their job, no matter what their job is.

John Hickenlooper

DayJobCreativePeopleThinkMore

I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was so desperate to get a job and couldn't and so it's kind of an anathema for me to turn down work.

Matt Damon

WorkGoodJobMeThinkDown

If you rile a tiger, he's going to show his claws.

Rob James-Collier

YouTigerGoingShowClawsHe

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

Michael Landon

StrengthYouGiveKidsOtherEach

We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.

Louis Aragon

FunnyNatureIdeasGeniusKnow

I was close with some of my old professors.

Jon Tenney

OldProfessorsCloseSome

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Dorothea Brande

SmokeThroughScreenBrothersFlew

The N.F.L.'s rule on underclassmen should be abolished, and the N.B.A. should be discouraged from adding an age limit.

David Shields

AgeLimitDiscouragedRuleShould

It's a bit like school camp, shooting a film. Everyone's on heat. It's a strange energy. It's full of adrenalin. I funnel my excess energy in funny little ways. I do a lot of dancing in my trailer. I love music.

Alice Englert

FunnyLoveMusicSchoolEnergyHeat

Much of my experience with language was formed in the church, which has an oral tradition. There are lots of repetitions in prayers and song refrains. There's a sense of incantation, that if you call not once and not twice but for a third time, the spirit appears.

Alice McDermott

TimeExperienceSongLanguageChurch

You can't be serious all the time. You got to mix it up.

PnB Rock

TimeYouSeriousUpGotMix

I'm one of those who can't read the books after they've seen the movie.

Peter Dinklage

SeenBooksWhoReadMovieThose

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