English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

When I had a look at the lights of Broadway by night, I said to my American friends : "What a glorious garden of wonders this would be, to any who was lucky enough to be unable to read

Gilbert K. Chesterton

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble. Zac Efron
Oscar Wilde quote: "A fi bun inseamna a fi in armonie cu tine insuti. Disonanta..."
A fi bun inseamna a fi in armonie cu tine insuti. Disonanta inseamna a fi in armonie cu altii Oscar Wilde
He heard himself crying out: Never, never! Or was it: Verily I come, I come to you? He could not tell. Then as a flash from some other point of power there came to his mind another thought: Take it off! Take it off! Fool, take it off! Take off the Ring! The two powers strove in him. For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented. Suddenly he was aware of himself again. Frodo, neither the Voice nor the Eye: free to choose, and with one remaining instant... J. R. R. Tolkien
I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now. Trent Reznor
Mata Hari quote: "The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word."
The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. Mata Hari
Virginia Woolf quote: "I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're..."
I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality of everything. Virginia Woolf
I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans. Adam Baldwin
No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. Kurt Vonnegut
Joe Cocker quote: "Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people,..."
Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be. Joe Cocker
I always did sing. It's always been something I love to do but it has also been the most private and most secret thing that you don't really want to let the world in on. Rita Wilson
But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you’ve made it this far, please remember: you will never be subject to the temptation or feeling you must forgive, a man, as a woman. It’s difficult to resist, believe me. But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest. Margaret Atwood
The schoolmaster is the person who takes the children off the parents' hands for a consideration. That is to say, he establishes a child prison, engages a number of employee schoolmasters as turnkeys, and covers up the essential cruelty and unnaturalness of the situation by torturing the children if they do not learn, and calling this process, which is within the capacity of any fool or blackguard, by the sacred name of Teaching. George Bernard Shaw
Elbert Hubbard quote: "The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work..."
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. Elbert Hubbard
The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may. Woodrow Wilson
Anthony de Mello quote: "The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently..."
The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently change. Anthony de Mello