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Me Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- I do not know much about Mohammed or Mohammedanism. I do not take the Koran to bed with me every night. But, if I did…
- The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the arbitrariness of…
- To mix science up with philosophy is only to produce a philosophy that has lost all its ideal value and a science that has lost…
- There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.
- Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you…
- But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticize the government. Once abolish the God, and the…
- People accuse journalism of being too personal; but to me it has always seemed far too impersonal. It is charged with tearing away the veils…
- Were Patrick Henry to return to earth and look around on the vast economic order of the day, he might revise his observation and merely…
- The strangest whim has seized me ... After all I think I will not hang myself today.
- I am concerned with a certain way of looking at life, which was created in me by the fairy tales, but has since been meekly…
- No sane person, I hope, would accuse me of saying that every Distributist must drink beer; especially if he could brew his own cider or…
- I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong…
- [Consider] a fence or gate erected across a road] The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, "I don't see…
- A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying, 'Of course I do not like green cheese. I am very fond…
- But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it.
- I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
- It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and…
- Excuse me if I enjoy myself rather obviously! I don't often have the luck to have a dream like this. It is new to me…
- What is the good of words if they aren't important enough to quarrel over? Why do we choose one word more than another if there…
- Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I…
- I like the Cyclostyle ink; it is so inky. I do not think there is anyone who takes quite such a fierce pleasure in things…
- Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle…
- I am the fool in this story, and no rebel shall hurl me from my throne.
- Morality did not begin by one man saying to another, "I will not hit you if you do not hit me"; there is no trace…
- The modern habit of saying "This is my opinion, but I may be wrong" is entirely irrational. If I say that it may be wrong,…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale