I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Reading Quotes

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land, And don't criticize What you can't understand

Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land, And don't criticize What you can't understand

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her...