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

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Destiny Quotes, Money Quotes

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.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

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.

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

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

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

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

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.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

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.

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be...

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be...

No horse can go as fast as the money you put on it.

No horse can go as fast as the money you put on it.