W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature; I did not know how much pose there is in the sincere, how much baseness in the noble, or how much goodness in the reprobate.W. Somerset Maugham
Quotes to Explore
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Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very stimulating intellectually. But I did not accept his view of neurosis or of human nature.
Nathaniel Branden -
Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet.
Jack Herer -
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
D. H. Lawrence -
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
Carl Reiner -
The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine.
Radhanath Swami
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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
Lady Gaga -
I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now. I just sit down and start writing. I don't sit down and start writing and it comes out perfectly - it's a process.
Candace Bushnell -
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
Xun Kuang -
We are not by nature cruel.
J. M. Coetzee -
It's human nature to want to be with other people.
Zoe Lister-Jones -
We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors.
Saint Basil
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Hans Christian Andersen -
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
H. G. Wells -
I love nature - it's probably my most favorite thing. I don't watch much telly, the telly hardly goes on, but the things I do watch are sort of nature programs, and something about the oceans and the amount of weird fish that's in there.
Karl Pilkington -
I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - whoever said you can't is wrong - that's the whole point of nature giving us intuition, instinct and so on. I think the cover is pretty good.
Zac Goldsmith -
Sunlight is painting.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
The nature of things is dharma.
Mahavira
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We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against Nature.
Plutarch -
One of the main reasons I paint is because I think nature is so wonderful. I want to try to get my feelings of that down on canvas, if possible.
E. J. Hughes -
I made my first movie when I was five.
Abigail Breslin -
Building design isn't trendy.
Kevin McCloud -
You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.
Maurice Greene -
I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature; I did not know how much pose there is in the sincere, how much baseness in the noble, or how much goodness in the reprobate.
W. Somerset Maugham