Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG, better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth29 May 1874
funny food sarcasm
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
religious funeral unity
Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.
funny spiritual religious
I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.
imagination strange function
The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.
believe fundamentals politician
They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.
funny religious fall
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
funny men feels
Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.
funny real humorous
There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.
love funny life
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
fun real adventure
The perils, rewards, punishments, and fulfillments of an adventure must be real, or the adventure is only a shifting and heartless nightmare. If I bet I must be made to pay, or there is no poetry in betting. If I challenge I must be made to fight, or there is no poetry in challenging. If I vow to be faithful I must be cursed when I am unfaithful, or there is no fun vowing.
inspirational funny travel
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
fun angel devil
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
inspirational funny travel
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
wisdom fun ignorance
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference which is an elegant name for ignorance.