Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.

—G. K. Chesterton

About G. K. Chesterton

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English journalist, novelist, essayist, poet, and Christian apologist. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.

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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

—G. K. Chesterton

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

—G. K. Chesterton

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

—G. K. Chesterton

If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.

—G. K. Chesterton

The Victorian Age made one or two mistakes, but they were mistakes that were really useful; that is, mistakes that were really mistaken. They thought that commerce outside a country must extend peace; it has certainly often extended war. They thought that commerce inside a country must certainly promote prosperity; it has largely promoted poverty. But for them these were experiments; for us they ought to be lessons.

—G. K. Chesterton

More quotations tagged with “computers”

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.

—E. W. Dijkstra

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.

Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?

—Clifford Stoll

The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

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