W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodPeopleFaceTryingSidesOut

I love reading poetry, and yet, at this point, the thought of writing a poem, to me, is tantamount to figuring out a trigonometry question.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LovePoetryMeWritingReadingOut

The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control.

Joan D. Vinge

SnowQueenControlChoicesBeyond

Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.

Joan of Arc

TruthChildrenPeopleSometimesSay

Does this boat go to Europe, France?

Anita Loos

BoatGoEuropeFranceDoes

When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.

Metta World Peace

TeamYouPlayWantHardRight

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Rose Tremain

LifeDressRehearsal

If you choose to put political expediency and politics ahead of the men and women on the ground, for that, you'll have to answer to yourself. I find it morally reprehensible.

Mike Pompeo

WomenMenPoliticsYourselfChoose

Women often don't want to be typecast as the girl that's sad.

Julia Michaels

WomenGirlSadWantOftenTypecast

I beat 'Super Mario Bros 1,' '2,' and '3.'

Jonathan Groff

BeatBrosMarioSuper

It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.

Christopher Lasch

AdvertisingRealityLogicMediaMass

Something like 'Dr. Thirteen,' which features no big characters, was probably the most fun thing I've worked on because the story was so great, and it was written so well.

Cliff Chiang

GreatFunStoryBigSomethingWell

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

Anton Chekhov

WomanYoungWriteCookEasierThan

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