W. Somerset Maugham on Humor
Browse 9 quotations attributed to W. Somerset Maugham, catalogued under humor, with dates where available.
This page displays 9 quotations attributed to W. Somerset Maugham and filed under "humor" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to W. Somerset Maugham, entry #242941: "After all, a man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing."
Attributed to W. Somerset Maugham, entry #45245: "He knew that women appreciated neither irony nor sarcasm, but simple jokes and funny stories. He was amply provided with both."
9 Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham on Humor
"After all, a man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing."
"He knew that women appreciated neither irony nor sarcasm, but simple jokes and funny stories. He was amply provided with both."
"I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra."
"Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it."
"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit..."
"Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner."
"The trouble with our younger authors is that they are all in the sixties."
"There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood...Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."
"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn."