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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Christian Difficult Left Been Tried

I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.

Men White Old Used Gatekeepers

I was born in Russia in 1901 of Jewish parents and came to the United States in 1922 to join my father, who left Russia for the United States before World War I.

Father War Parents World Born Left

I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis:... a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species.

Control Think Evolution Over Going

I've been driving in the city for years because, as a stand-up in N.Y.C., you can perform at more comedy clubs a night if you have a car. Getting from club to club by subway is too slow at night and too expensive by cab. So, many comics live far out from Manhattan and drive in every night.

Judah Friedlander

Live Car City Night Drive Slow

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

Douglas MacArthur

Never Order Give Obeyed

I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.

Good Villain Believe Story Only

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.

William Hazlitt

Learning Genius Wish Know Study See

I saw that Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more than 360 goals because he has a great right foot, but a left foot just as powerful.

Goals Great Powerful More Right Saw

I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark.

Time Fix Solo Mark Things Correct

The size of the budget doesn't make that much of a difference because the kind of issues I have on a low budget film I I have on a big budget film as well, but they're just much bigger.

Budget Kind Difference Size Bigger

A man's only as old as the woman he feels.

Woman Man Old Only He Feels

I've been taking longer to write stories lately.

Write Been Stories Taking Longer

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