W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMyselfMindMeShortLong

An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again.

John C. Reilly

LifeDaySchoolActorFirstOver

The tea partiers are a great addition. The tea partiers have invigorated a base that has been dormant for a long period of time. We're going to have a broad array of different views in our Republican conference, and I think it might be more interesting than any I've been in in a long time.

John McCain

GreatTimeTeaThinkInteresting

With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy.

Jeanette Winterson

AnimalCrazyBehaviorYouGoCage

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

Steven Spielberg

DreamsImaginationYouCreateKnow

There's no religion but sex and music.

Sting

MusicReligionSex

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

Jose Serrano

ProcessLegalImmigrationMustMake

I really, truly appreciate Conor McGregor's style - his fighting style and the way he talks. The reason why is because he reminds me of a young Mike Tyson, a young Muhammad Ali, the way he talks.

Demetrious Johnson

StyleMeAppreciateFightingYoung

I always have this imagination, something I want to use. I don't understand the idea of leisure time.

Cher Wang

TimeImaginationWantUnderstandUse

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Peggy Noonan

CourageSimpleConsistencyPart

When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career options: nursing and teaching. She raised me and my sister to believe that we could do anything, and we believed her.

Sheryl Sandberg

MotherMeSisterGraduationBelieve

I would be concerned if one of my children were constantly watching nothing but horror films or indulging in gothic literature without the balance of other types of art and entertainment. I do think that's a danger.

Scott Derrickson

ChildrenArtBalanceThinkNothing

Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in this country for 30 years.

Marsha Blackburn

TodayPastEnvironmentalEnergy

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