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Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not… — Lord Chesterfield
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
'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… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us… — Maurice Chevalier
I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to… — Margaret Cho
I don't really know what 'selling out' is exactly. I would sell out if I could, but nobody's buying it. I would love to go… — Margaret Cho
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?' — John Cleese
We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare its neighbors and… — Hillary Clinton
I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of what that person… — Isabel Allende
If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe before they even knew why… — Margaret Cho
Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a… — Margaret Cho
Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media. — Noam Chomsky
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. — Noam Chomsky
If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long. — Noam Chomsky
I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system. — Noam Chomsky
I don't have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had. — Noam Chomsky
Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call. — Tommy Chong
Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be… — Deepak Chopra

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