English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are..."

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.

W. Somerset Maugham

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Albert Einstein quote: "Never memorize something that you can look up."
Never memorize something that you can look up. Albert Einstein
John Berger quote: "Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a..."
Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion. John Berger
If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material. Colin Quinn
Ned Beatty quote: "I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about..."
I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about eight adults now. Ned Beatty
Katharine Whitehorn quote: "I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool."
I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool. Katharine Whitehorn
Anne Rivers Siddons quote: "Laughter nibbled at my lips like tiny fish in warm water."
Laughter nibbled at my lips like tiny fish in warm water. Anne Rivers Siddons
Theodor Adorno quote: "Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need..."
Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. Theodor Adorno
She was simple, not being able to adorn herself, but she was unhappy, as one out of her class; for women belong to no caste, no race, their grace, their beauty and their charm serving them in place of birth and family. Their inborn finesse, their instinctive elegance, their suppleness of wit, are their only aristocracy, making some daughters of the people the equal of great ladies. Guy de Maupassant
Christopher Walken quote: "My background is in musical comedy."
My background is in musical comedy. Christopher Walken
I said, "It seems like you have fond feelings towrd your ex-wife. Are you two still close?" "Nah," he said casually. "She thinks I changed my name to motherfucker. Elizabeth Gilbert
It was if the charming theatrical curtain had dropped away and I saw him for the first time as he really was: not the benign old sage, the indulgent and protective good-parent of my dreams, but ambiguous, a moral neutral, whose beguiling trappings concealed a being watchful, capricious, and heartless. Donna Tartt
Bill Bryson quote: "Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen."
Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen. Bill Bryson
Lord Chesterfield quote: "If you are not in fashion, you are nobody."
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. Lord Chesterfield
Cary Grant quote: "Divorce is a game played by lawyers."
Divorce is a game played by lawyers. Cary Grant
William Allen Butler quote: "And queenly is the state she keeps, In beauty's lofty trust..."
And queenly is the state she keeps, In beauty's lofty trust secure. William Allen Butler