The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.
More Quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton:
The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it.Gilbert K. Chesterton
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.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Travel QuotesI've chosen not to live in Hollywood, and instead I live in Brooklyn, New York. It's how I like to live. I'd rather hang out with my kids and family when I'm not working. Going to premieres is not my idea of a fun night out.
Jennifer Connelly
What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'.
Joan Miro
Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.
Michelle Trachtenberg