W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EyesMeBookMeaningNowSeem

So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge, empty, black hole. Your children are grown and your career has slowed down - all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you're left with expansive time and space.

Jessica Lange

HomeChildrenTimeI AmSpaceBlack

I don't know if you've ever tried to run through waist-deep snow, but it's next to impossible.

Melanie Scrofano

SnowImpossibleYouKnowRunNext

I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.

John Sladek

TimeBe CarefulWorkingCarefulSome

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

Amelia Earhart

LoveHomeAppreciationUnderstanding

I love listening to pop songs in Spanish and Italian.

Stjepan Hauser

LoveListeningPopSongsItalian

I'm like one of those dudes who organically have talent.

Tory Lanez

TalentWhoLikeThoseDudes

Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.

Michael Johnson

MeSlaveryBelieveDifficultUs

Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of foreign possession.

Jose Rizal

GreatLieAmericanDreamHandMay

I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I've been challenged by so many people, and I don't frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either.

Donald Trump

TimePeopleThinkPoliticalProblem

I always struggle with making the technical aspects of the plot fit with the story that's unfolding in my imagination.

Deborah Raney

StruggleImaginationStoryAlways

Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it.

Brian P. Cleary

FunnyWordsStoryQuestionsEnjoy

Jerusalem is the holiest place for the Jewish people.

Ariel Sharon

PeoplePlaceJewishJerusalem

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