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Characteristics Quotes by George Orwell
- Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.
- A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature
- It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness.…
- The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle…
More Characteristics Quotes
- Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. — Aristophanes
- The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. — Gaston Bachelard
- An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he… — Walter Bagehot
- The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
- The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number. — Dave Barry
- It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic. — Emma Bonino
- Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a… — Edward de Bono
- The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is… — Kobe Bryant
- There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. — Warren Buffett
- I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and… — Giacomo Casanova
- Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. — Lord Chesterfield