I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead. [On his college registration experience]

Quote by G K Chesterton

Topics: Compromise Quotes

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every...

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be...

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave...

The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine.

The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine.

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult...

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern...

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted...

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted...

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not...

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not...

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

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

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

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the...

Journalists are like whores; as high as their ideals may be, they still have to...

Journalists are like whores; as high as their ideals may be, they still have to...

There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and...

There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and...