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

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Success Quotes

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

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...

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

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

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

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

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.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...