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Words Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.
- With all that we hear of American hustle and hurry, it is rather strange that Americans seem to like to linger on longer words.
- Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.
- The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not…
- 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…
- I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself to be scientific…
- There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally.
- The grinding power of the plain words of the Gospel story is like the power of mill-stones, and those who can read them simply enough…
- Criticism is only words about words, and of what use are words about such words as these?
- What is education? Properly speaking, there is no such thing as education. Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one…
- Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves…
- They have invented a phrase, a phrase that is a black and white contradiction in two words - 'free-love' - as if a lover ever…
- There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice…
- The supreme adventure is being born. There we do walk suddenly into a splendid and startling trap... When we step into the family, by the…
- 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…
More Words Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila