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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Libraries can take the place of God.
Umberto Eco
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It's the nature of basketball sometimes: every player and coach are going to have run-ins.
Andre Iguodala -
I am very impulsive when it comes to experimenting with my looks and love playing with ideas by involving people from all walks of life.
Ali Fazal -
If the estimate of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is correct, then Russia has lost the cold war in western Europe.
Walter Lippmann -
We really love all sports, but we don't think in the long term. The reason we did Kingpin was because there was a script we really liked and we saw the possibilities.
Peter Farrelly -
The studios gotta start making more stuff where black folks get quality stuff. But I can't trip about that because I've been making movies for 35 years, and I've played everything from an old lady to a donkey, so I can't be on here talking about, 'They don't give us enough roles' and diversity.
Eddie Murphy -
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