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.
funny-friendship good-man fool
There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.
art fun broken
And all over the world, the old literature, the popular literature, is the same. It consists of very dignified sorrow and very undignified fun. Its sad tales are of broken hearts; its happy tales are of broken heads.
love fun sorry
A man imagines a happy marriage as a marriage of love; even if he makes fun of marriages that are without love, or feels sorry for lovers who are without marriage.
fun vision dull
Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
funny business humor
Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
cute marriage funny-love
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
funny respect humor
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
funny travel missing
The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it.
art funny-friend drawing
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
funny friendship god
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
funny believe evil
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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.