Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodTruthHeroBadUsNovel

I've done very well financially and sold a lot because I've had a multiple method of attack as a writer. That's a conscious strategy.

Joe R. Lansdale

StrategyDoneBecauseWellAttack

ISIL, AQ, now have the ability to literally reach into our homeland through social media, through the Internet, to recruit and inspire. It makes for a more complicated homeland security environment. And so it requires a whole of government approach, not just military and law enforcement, homeland security, aviation security, and the like.

Jeh Johnson

Social MediaGovernmentLawInspire

The reason people talk about cable cutting is they imagine the price burden will get so high that people won't be able to pay it. They're missing something: that the actual price of the electronic package is going down. They've got their Internet, phone, TV, all of it. Now people are using more and more stuff for less.

Jeff Bewkes

PeopleInternetPhoneDownBurden

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

Michael Gambon

LoveDoneAlwaysComedianOhPlays

I find that putting my makeup on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show.

Martina McBride

MeMakeupFindLooksPlayingShow

But some people will say you just did these programs. Well, yes, the programs are important and I'm proud of the programs, but mostly I'm proud of the way the San Francisco Symphony plays these programs.

Michael Tilson Thomas

PeopleProudYouImportantSayWay

I've always been against the idea of dividing films between festival titles and popular movies. I think you can make films that are both.

Michel Hazanavicius

ThinkYouMoviesAlwaysAgainst

The challenges I face in the studio pale in comparison to when I'm out in nature.

Michael Muller

NatureChallengesFaceComparison

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

Dorothy Height

LifeCommunityServiceQualityGrow

Setting a movie in an earlier age gives it a mythical quality.

Peter Riegert

AgeQualityMythicalMovieSetting

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

Thomas Jefferson

BecomeEuropeCorruptGetLarge

I like any good game. I don't care what the genre is.

Tim Schafer

GoodGameCareLikeGenreAny

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