#spoil

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#common #contrary #erroneous #humble #idea

Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater, and my values were about the work, and not being a star or anything like that. I'm not spoiled in that way, and if I fight for something, it's about the work, not about how big my trailer is. ↗

— Amy Irving

#anything #being #big #breed #count

Like most parents, I want everything for my kids that I didn't have. But I don't intend to spoil them. I just enjoy everything that comes naturally with parenthood. ↗

— Curtis Joseph

#enjoy #everything #i #intend #just

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#fun #i #mysteries #never #probably

I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it. ↗

— Adam Sandler

#being #go #i #kids #sleep

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better. ↗

— George Santayana

#better #fun #good #good thing #nothing

I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you pretty much get to do the first, second and third draft yourself without a whole lot of interference. ↗

— John Sayles

#first #get #getting #got #i

Really. I'd love to be spoiled on by others. ↗

— Izabella Scorupco

#love #others #really #spoiled

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#fit #hath #himself #man #moved

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it. ↗

— Stendhal

#often #pleasure #spoiled