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Names Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- A man will not roll in the snow for a stream of tendency by which all things fulfill the law of their being. He will…
- The modern mind will accept nothing on authority, but will accept anything on no authority. Say that the Bible or the Pope says so and…
- When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven's name to what?
- 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…
- And we were angry and poor and happy, And proud of seeing our names in print.
- Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference which is an elegant name for ignorance.
- He had found the thing which the modern people call Impressionism, which is another name for that final scepticism which can find no floor to…
- People seem to fight about things very unsuitable for fighting. They make a frightful noise in support of very quiet things. They knock each other…
More Names Quotes
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them. — Julian Assange
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi
- The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. — Margaret Atwood
- '1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
- If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for… — John James Audubon
- For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the… — Paul Auster
- Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because… — Teresa of Avila
- Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on… — Jensen Ackles
- If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects… — Gaston Bachelard
- For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. — Francis Bacon
- It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the… — Nicholson Baker