#sm

I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#attraction #basic #behaved #culture #high

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#book #books #collaborating #embarrassment #i

Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies, as if that's about international terrorism. No, it's not. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#administration #between #dispute #international #international terrorism

They were unable to stand up and say: "Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism." ↗

— Chris Matthews

#here #our #policy #say #stand

I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#i #necessarily #respect #socialism #think

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#beauty #ecstasy #hunger #like #nothing

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#egoism #his #insufferable #regard #soul

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#bottoms #cosmic #essence #female #life

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#any #everyone #lacks #more #one thing

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#big #big enough #correct #enough #his