W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodPeopleBadOldHeroesThrough

The speed of light sucks.

John Carmack

LightSpeedSucks

I'm lucky if I write a letter.

Jennifer Aniston

LuckyWriteLetterI Write

'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.

Matt Groening

ShowThe SimpsonsCollaborative

I would like the people that buy my clothes to understand that for me it's one small piece of art.

Roberto Cavalli

ArtPeopleMeSmallClothesBuy

Let's make it so the more you invest in YouTube, the better deal YouTube gets for you.

Jason Calacanis

BetterYouMoreYouTubeDealInvest

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

Jonathan Demme

GreatFeelSomeoneYouNewMore

My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.

Chesley Sullenberger

LearningForwardBetterWantGoing

Basically, it comes down to this: do you believe in God, or don't you believe in God.

Christopher Koch

GodBelieveYouDownBasically

My dad was an adventurer, my mother a romantic. When they met in college, both were creative writers; the writing was a bond.

Brian Herbert

MotherRomanticCreativeCollegeMet

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.

Chuck Schumer

LawBadNewsWantJudgesRight

There's nobody in my family that's in performance or in the business in any way, so it was not something that was encouraged as a profession. It was more just encouraged as a personality trait.

Ty Burrell

FamilyBusinessPersonalityNobody

I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood.

Tom Berenger

SchoolEndHollywoodOldOld School

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