“The unsigned articles appearing in this magazine sometimes represent the views of the editor – and frequently of no one else.”
“FRANK E. MASLAND, JR.” quoted in “Other Suspects – V” in Gilbert: The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #6 (July/August 2025)
“No theories and no pedantic statistics will ever prevent ordinary people from finding a meaning and a literature in their own lives: great tragedy when the baby dies; great comedy when the baby tries to eat the soap. We always take ourselves seriously; it is only learned men, in huge books, who take us frivolously, and make us feel like a swarm of flies.”
G.K. Chesterton in London Opinion April 2 1904, quoted in “Statistics” in Gilbert: The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #6 (July/August 2025)
“In Biblical days it was considered a miracle for an ass to speak; but today it would be a miracle if one kept quiet.”
“POSSIBLY FROM SOMEONE IN MISSOURI, OR ELSE ABOUT SOMEONE IN MISSOURI” quoted in “Other Suspects – V” in Gilbert: The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #6 (July/August 2025) p. 23.
“An Eskimo woman is old at forty. An American woman is not old at forty. In fact, she’s not even forty.”
“An explorer” quoted in “Other Suspects – II Quotes not by GKC” in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)
“Sorry for driving so close in front of you.”
Bumper sticker on car ahead of me May 12, 2025 (and of course I pulled up close to be able to read it)
“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.”
“Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games)”, emailed without further attribution by a friend
“The excitement never starts around here.”
Me on May 6, 2025 (to our dog, who was apparently expecting something marvellous to happen mid-morning on a Thursday while I struggled to get to my email).
“rapid unscheduled disassembly”
The preferred SpaceX euphemism for a rocket that blows up, quoted in National Post May 29, 2025