W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
-
His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
-
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
-
There's a lot more to me than just power.
-
In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
-
I have more friends in New York than Paris.
-
People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
-
I like to keep my private life private.
-
I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
-
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
-
And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
-
There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
-
I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend.
-
Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
-
I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
-
When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
-
What is good for General Motors is not good for America if General Motors is moving production out of the United States.
-
I'm certainly not your typical front-man material. Some people love being on stage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking on stage.
-
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.
-
'The labour is so pleasant,'said Agnes,'that it is scarcely grateful in me to call it by that name.'
-
By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.
-
This is a time when the United States should be standing tall. There is no other leader in the world today. We shouldn't be approaching conflicts as a team sport. We either get in an we lead and we do a good job, or you don't get in at all.
-
Turn on, tune up, rock out.
-
From the earliest time the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.
