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Special Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the…
- When people impute special vices to the Christian Church, they seem entirely to forget that the world (which is the only other thing there is)…
- Christianity satisfies suddenly and perfectly man's ancestral instinct for being the right way up; satisfies it supremely in this, that by its creed Joy becomes…
- Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when Joy is the fundamental thing in him, and Grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an innocent…
More Special Quotes
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying. — Neil Armstrong
- Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or… — Saint Augustine
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not… — Teresa of Avila
- A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. — Gaston Bachelard
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik
- All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time… — David Bailey
- But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity… — Mikhail Bakunin
- I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
- I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver… — Tammy Baldwin
- I don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the… — Christian Bale
- I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else - but I'm absolutely nothing special. — Clive Barker