Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Just taking care of yourself is a job of its own.

Joanna Krupa

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The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.

Rivers Cuomo

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Just think how much poorer we would be today if the world would have had half as many people in the 19th century as it actually did. You can get rid of Thomas Edison or Louis Pasteur; take your pick.

Robert Zubrin

TodayPeopleWorldThinkYouTake

'Swagger' would be the word for 'Dirt On My Boots.' With the real funky drum loop and the ganjo rolling down, and then the fiddles and the guitar and steel, it really took an old school style where it's fiddle, steel, guitar, and mixed it with a drum loop.

Jon Pardi

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Industrial hemp is a safe substance with many practical commercial applications.

Cory Gardner

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I felt really proud when Simeone said I am destined to reach the level of Messi and Ronaldo. I always want to give my all for him. He motivates me.

Antoine Griezmann

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Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

Alistair Cooke

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I believe that I am a hat designer, not a milliner.

Philip Treacy

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I think that George Lucas' 'Star Wars' films are fantastic. What he's done, which I admire, is he has taken all the money and profit from those films and poured it into developing digital sound and surround sound, which we are using today.

Peter Jackson

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My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.

Paul Thomas Anderson

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It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved.

Shawn Mendes

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The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.

Thomas Fuller

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