W Somerset Mauham Quotes

#1. All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.

Mackenzie Crook

#2. You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.

Chris Matakas

#3. I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz.

Ginger Rogers

#4. We do not have to dig deep into history to understand the reality. The examples of Saddam Hussain, who was executed after a sham trial and the case of Muammar Gaddafi, who killed after surrendering in broad daylight, have given enough factual reality to understand the painful truth.

Nilantha Ilangamuwa

#5. I love kids. I wanted more. I have two, but I would've had six or seven ... I would have done that if I could.

Cheryl Ladd

#6. Optimism is the young boy who notices that a girl notices that he notices her.

R.N. Prasher

#7. Cwn Annwn," I said. "I think I'm finally pronouncing that right. Welsh. So many letters. So few vowels.

Kelley Armstrong

#8. When Bernie Sanders came along, and I liked his tweets and I read more about him, researched him more, I decided I like him and his policy, even more than just I like another guy in the Democratic Party, I really believed in it. And when you believe in something, you get out and work for it.

Killer Mike

#9. There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile.

Alma Guillermoprieto

#10. The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

Ulysses S. Grant

#11. To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the
personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am
willing to excuse a thousand faults.

W. Somerset Maugham

#12. Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a watertight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for 'doing the best' for his children?

Eva Figes