George Orwell Quotes

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever.

George Orwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

JobFeelingTrashSpontaneousBooks

From Nike, we buy victory. From Under Armour, we buy protection. From Lululemon, we buy zen. From Patagonia, we buy conservation. From BMW, we buy performance.

Andy Dunn

VictoryPerformanceBMWProtection

Conservative statesmen from Alexander Hamilton to Ronald Reagan sometimes supported protectionism, and at other times, they leaned toward lowering barriers. But they always understood that trade policy was merely a tool for building a strong and independent country with a prosperous middle class.

Robert Lighthizer

BuildingStrongCountrySometimes

Not that many people, even contemporary writers, write about right now.

Anna Deavere Smith

PeopleNowWriteRightEvenMany

To be a good musician, you need to give people what they want, what they need.

Andy Grammer

GoodPeopleYouWantNeedGive

I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in.

Smedley Butler

CityAmericanPlaceOilCubaMexico

I get a lot of return business. I think it's all those years I put in traveling around the country; people saw me before and had a good time so they want to see me again.

Rita Rudner

GoodBusinessTimePeopleMeThink

Saying that fights in Japan were fixed and that me, along with other guys like Silva, Minotauro, etc., did not win those fights legitimately is an ultimate and absurd nonsense.

Mirko Cro Cop

MeWinSayingNonsenseAlongAbsurd

Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

LieSomeoneToo MuchHardWhoKnows

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Livy

PastErrorsEasierThanOurCorrect

So my own suspicion is that the attorney has stopped this prosecution because part of her defence was to question legality and that would have brought his advice into the public domain again and there was something fishy about the way in which he said war was legal.

Clare Short

WarLegalAdvicePublic DomainSaid

Back then, I couldn't have left a poem a year and gone back to it.

Philip Levine

YearBackGoneLeftPoemThen

I find that different types of music are good for certain activities.

Peter Steele

GoodMusicFindActivitiesDifferent

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by George Orwell