Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MindMouthOpeningSomethingSolid

The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama's entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly.

Maya Angelou

ActionHouseWhitePresidentBirth

My cousins and I used to play Beatle wives. We all wanted to be married to Paul, but John was O.K. too. None of us wanted Ringo. Or even worse, George.

Ann Hood

PlayCousinsUsedUsWorseEven

We don't ever realize how precious life is while we're living it.

Michael Arden

LifeLivingRealizePreciousHow

The movie business has been in enormous flux. It's always changing, and you've got to scramble. The Internet came along and devoured the DVD backend of the movie business. Suddenly you're watching dollars turn into nickels, and that's interesting to me.

Stephen Gaghan

BusinessMeInternetInterestingYou

In general, we as police officers - at least the good police officers - like to look at each situation case by case and always pay close attention to the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law.

Steven Seagal

GoodPoliceLawAttentionLookPay

Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially.

Tom Ford

GreatChangesResponsibleStudents

The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent.

Matt Blunt

ServiceDecisionMoneyOrganization

On an independent film where you're working with just a handful of people, you don't have to explain anything because no one cares. You can do whatever you want. There's no one there to tell you not to do it.

Jon Watts

PeopleYouWantIndependentAnything

In the brute physical world, and the one encompassed by medicine, there are all too many things that could kill you, don't kill you, and then leave you considerably weaker.

Christopher Hitchens

WorldMedicineYouLeaveThings

Every president, Democrat or Republican, every Congress, has gotten behind the idea that we have to invest in our highways, our bridges, our roads, our airports. The idea that now this is somehow a partisan issue, it boggles the mind.

Antonio Villaraigosa

RoadsMindBridgesCongressNow

I don't know if I was funny as a child, though I always thought my parents really enjoyed listening to me sing.

Pippa Evans

FunnyChildParentsMeListening

With every role that I do, I always see a little bit of me, a little bit of art and life.

Tia Mowry

LifeArtMeAlwaysSeeLittle

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