All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic.
More quotations from G. K. Chesterton The contest, for ages, has been to rescue Liberty from the grasp of executive power. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: patriotism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: morality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: money Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: journalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The people who can most successfully lose weight and maintain a healthy life style are foodies. When it comes to healthy eating, people who know how to cook and make ingredients taste good have a distinct advantage over those who can't. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: food Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The contest, for ages, has been to rescue Liberty from the grasp of executive power. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: patriotism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: morality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: money Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: journalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The people who can most successfully lose weight and maintain a healthy life style are foodies. When it comes to healthy eating, people who know how to cook and make ingredients taste good have a distinct advantage over those who can't. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: food Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “poetry” Poetry is the deification of reality. —Edith Sitwell More about this quote Tags: reality poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life. —Edith Sitwell More about this quote Tags: life poetry glory praise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email A poem is no place for an idea. —Edgar Watson Howe More about this quote Tags: poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The freedom of poetic license. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. —Charles Baudelaire More about this quote Tags: poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Poetry is the deification of reality. —Edith Sitwell More about this quote Tags: reality poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life. —Edith Sitwell More about this quote Tags: life poetry glory praise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A poem is no place for an idea. —Edgar Watson Howe More about this quote Tags: poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The freedom of poetic license. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. —Charles Baudelaire More about this quote Tags: poetry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email