Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936

Topics

LiveCourageStrongDieDesire

Only by being obsessed with little things do amazing things emerge.

Andy Dunn

AmazingLittle ThingsLittleThings

Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them.

John Rocha

PeopleFixBankHong KongOpening

I'd love to spend more time on the Isle of Man. I love the anonymity of putting on a boiler suit and going down to buy parts for the compressor. And Norman Wisdom's a neighbour; I salute him occasionally.

John Rhys-Davies

LoveWisdomTimeManDownMore

When my husband and I first became parents, we joked that our chubby baby was destined to grow into an Alex P. Keaton Reaganite - the most unlikely, and therefore hilarious, course for the child of an interracial gay couple in gentrifying Brooklyn.

Rumaan Alam

ChildParentsBabyHusbandGrowGay

I sit, I think, I make some drawings. As a designer, you cannot retire totally.

Dieter Rams

ThinkYouRetireSitCannotSome

Really, subtlety is what is really important to me and my work.

Cliff Chiang

WorkMeImportantSubtletyReally

I think that I am responsible for the death of thousands of things and for the misery of thousands of people, just through the things that I buy and how I live my life, and these are not things that ever deserved to die.

Chuck Palahniuk

LifeLiveDeathI AmPeopleThink

We need to convert the extraordinary goodwill between India and Russia into a thriving, visible, vigorous, and mutually beneficial economic relationship.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

RelationshipIndiaNeedExtraordinary

I have solid decent people around me, and I believe that is all it is, because you will get destroyed if you have people bringing you down.

Alicia Keys

PeopleMeBelieveYouDownWill

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

William James

MenIdeasOnlyBeforeShallLives

I want to remind women of color out there to stand your ground, and don't ever be afraid to speak up.

Pramila Jayapal

WomenColorSpeakStandWantOut

New Mexico should be a tech jobs leader and a haven for innovation, a place where the best and the brightest come to bring their products to market.

Susana Martinez

LeaderInnovationBestPlaceNew

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