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Saying Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
- 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My…
- A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of…
- There are two kinds of peacemakers in the modern world; and they are both, though in various ways, a nuisance. The first peacemaker is the…
- 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…
- 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…
- An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be…
- Democracy is reproached with saying that the majority is always right. But progress says that the minority is always right.
- The materialist theory of history, that all politics and ethics are the expression of economics, is a very simple fallacy indeed. It consists simply of…
- 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,…
- A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.
- My country, Right or Wrong, is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, My…
More Saying Quotes
- If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Geologists have a saying - rocks remember. — Neil Armstrong
- Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. — Matthew Arnold
- Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people. — Mary Kay Ash
- It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I started saying… — David Attenborough
- We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're… — Margaret Atwood
- I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me… — Margaret Atwood
- Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years. — Paul Auster
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
- I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get… — Jensen Ackles
- The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. — Roger Babson
- A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. — Lord Acton