"It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories."

-- W. Somerset Maugham

#Victory Quotes #Might Quotes #Defeat Quotes

“I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.”

Source : 'My Life and Music' (1961) pt. 2, ch. 10
“One can't live on love alone; and I am so stupid that I can do nothing but think of him.”
“One should be embarrassed to speak of God in the third person.”
“We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like.”
“People who can least afford to pay rent, pay rent. People who can most afford to pay rent, build up equity.”

Source : Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult
“The idea of school choice is spreading like wildfire around the country, because it's the one education reform that puts real choices and real opportunities in the hands of families who desperately need them.”
“I'm just delighted to get my hands on him. Paul Nicholls was very good about the whole affair. He said he would like to retain him but felt it was to the advantage of his owners he should be sold at this time.”
“No matter what anybody says, relationships are based on physical attraction. The first time I saw my wife, it was pure animal whatever.”

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