Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ReadingCowPleasureMustSortMere

There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and written very well at the same time.

Andrew Motion

GoodTimePeopleWorldBusyTrying

For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the sounds coming from buildings, grass and the climbing frame made all the difference to basic survival and ensured that I didn't end up head-first in the sandpit.

Andrea Bocelli

LearningBikeMeEndSurvivalGrass

Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art.

Matt Lucas

ArtCreativePeopleSufferingEnough

Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.

Sun Ra

MusicTodaySocietyStructuresUpper

I think everyone has to have their mettle tested in a tough fight.

Robert Whittaker

FightToughThinkEveryoneI Think

Empathy seems to be seen as a weakness. We condition people to withdraw it to succeed. But really, it needs to be re-seen as a strength again if there is to be any kind of hope in the world.

Matt Bellamy

StrengthHopeEmpathyPeopleWorld

I won't cook in deep fat. Years ago, I met a fireman who said most kitchen fires were caused by deep fat, and I don't think that's changed. Oven chips are good enough for my grandchildren, and they're chuffed with that.

Mary Berry

GoodKitchenDeepThinkFatEnough

In the 1970s, 'The Boys on the Bus' exposed how a clubby pack of male political reporters ruled the road to the White House and shaped the news. Four decades later, an outsider gal from Alaska has commandeered the 2012 media bus - and left Beltway journalism insiders eating her dust.

Michelle Malkin

EatingRoadPoliticalMediaHouse

Jesus, Son of the Eternal God, have mercy on me.

Michael Servetus

SonGodMeMercyJesusEternal

I used to work with a relief group that took care of the people in the dump. We took them food and water and medicine and built homes and took them to church services, whatever was needed.

Luis Alberto Urrea

WorkWaterFoodPeopleMedicine

My work caused me to interview hundreds of women about their lives and their problems.

Judith Krantz

WorkWomenMeProblemsInterview

I think the thing about it is when you grow up in Chicago there's such a thing as putting on airs, you know? And you just learn not to put on airs. Don't act like, 'Oh boy, I'm somebody.' They'll slap you down.

Bob Newhart

ThinkGrowLearnYouDownKnow

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