Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The message of 'Star Trek,' if there is one, seems to be that we should try to live up to the very best that we're capable of.

John Cho

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Sometimes when I hear criticism of my husband, I want to come out of my seat and clock somebody. But you learn to take a deep breath.

Ann Romney

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Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

John Selden

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I've probably spent more time than any other brand reading every last comment. To listen to people the way you're able to online is very powerful.

Sophia Amoruso

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I wouldn't dare to speculate as to Cleopatra's falling in love. Her relationships are too convenient for that.

Stacy Schiff

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Hollywood is like a piranha. They don't give you breathing room. You don't have time to let your career breathe.

Sissy Spacek

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I knew there were all kinds of interesting things going on at Google, but now that I've seen them, my mind has been blown - in a great way. They have all these amazing projects and people that the world doesn't know anything about. I'm like a kid in a candy store - it's an idea factory.

Tony Fadell

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I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for.

Tom Cotton

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I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty.

Michael Learned

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They will find somebody younger, somebody funnier, somebody more engaged. As long as the court genre is viable, people are going to be looking for someone to knock me off of my perch.

Judy Sheindlin

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We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism.

Donald Trump

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You know, you can make a small mistake in language or etiquette in Britain, or you could when I was younger, and really be made to feel it, and it's the flick of a lash, but it would sting, and especially at school where there's not much privacy, and so on. You could, yes, undoubtedly be made to feel crushed.

Christopher Hitchens

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