Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherPatriotismSayingThinkDrunk

Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

Andre Maurois

StyleHandTemperamentHallmark

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.

Maxwell Anderson

AgeWalkMenLiftGroundLifetime

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'

Jeff Foxworthy

FamilyWorldStartRoyaltyYouKnow

It's essential to feel beautiful to oneself. Not in an egotistical way, but in a self-loving way.

Amber Valletta

BeautifulFeelWayEgotistical

I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum.

Tommy Lee

InjuriesEdgeAlwaysDrumLike

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

Livy

MenWishViolenceSheFortuneHer

The Holy Ghost will warn us of danger, and it will inspire us to help others in need.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Help OthersInspireHelpWillNeed

I believe the future is vegetables and fruits. They are so much more sexier than a piece of chicken.

Jose Andres

FutureBelieveVegetablesChicken

'Escape Plan' did better in China than it did in the U.S.

Jon Feltheimer

BetterPlanEscapeChinaThanDid

Nobody ever dared with Frank, because he had such mood swings, and you never knew how he was going to react. But I could tell the minute I saw him that he was going to be in my corner.

Don Rickles

YouNobodyMoodReactNeverHim

No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.

Chen Guangcheng

GoodFutureFeelMatterHappens

We went through ten years of the Limp Bizkit thing, and I didn't know what to do.

Courtney Love

Ten YearsKnowYearsThroughTen

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