George Orwell Quotes

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

George Orwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950

Topics

WindLanguagePoliticalAppearance

I would say 20 percent of my time is alone, which I love.

Maye Musk

LoveAloneTimeSayWouldPercent

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

Robert Mondavi

LifeFoodQualityWineThreeMore

We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we should take this kind of seriously, because people seem to like it.'

Matthew Ramsey

PeopleKindSeriouslyNeverBand

I got my fair share of stick. But I surrounded myself with fabulous girls, and they all loved me because I made them clothes. I remember making them all leopard print tops and tartan skirts for a party we went to once. It's scary to think about it now, actually.

Matthew Williamson

MyselfMeThinkLovedRememberNow

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.

Jean Rostand

I AmThinkAppearanceOwnTakeWho

Like now what Urban Outfitters has become is very much how I always dressed in high school by going to garage sales and getting stuff for 50 cents. Cost a little more now, to look like crap.

Amy Lee

SchoolHigh SchoolLookDressedNow

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Roy L. Smith

ChildrenParentingBetterForgetApt

I still believe guitars will be around as long as there's rock music.

Mike McCready

MusicBelieveLongRockWillStill

I would argue it should be a policy to defeat ISIS where they are, where they exist and prevent them from coming into the United States.

Michael McCaul

DefeatPolicyComingWhereExist

Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary speech is usually corrected when it's transcribed into written prose.

Joyce Carol Oates

CuriousBetterSpeechRoamingBeen

Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And that uniqueness of being human, language, art, culture, our dependency on culture for survival, comes from the combination of traditional biological evolution.

Donald Johanson

ArtCultureLanguageSurvivalUnique

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone will be punished mistakenly.

Antonin Scalia

Not PerfectSomeonePerfectWill

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