Keith

Famous quotes containing the word keith:

    The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

    Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

    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.
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)