George Orwell Quotes

21 George Orwell quotes by 19 unique authors

Writer George Orwell confessed he found something "deeply appealing" about Adolf Hitler. Where Martha Dodd was struck by Hitler's "weak, soft face," Orwell discerned "a… — Brad Marchand
As George Orwell wisely observed a generation later, the only way swiftly to end a war is to lose it. — Max Hastings
George Orwell once blamed the demise of the English language on politics. It's quite possible he never read a prospectus. — Arthur Levitt Jr
George Orwell said, "Whoever controls the past controls the future," by which he meant that history is incredibly important in shaping the world view of… — Howard Zinn
I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes political writing so… — Melvin Burgess
I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell. — Aravind Adiga
George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least… — Gideon Haigh
People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I… — Christopher Hitchens
George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I'm 100 percent fiction writer... I don't want to write messages. I want to write good stories.… — Haruki Murakami
Popular culture bombards us with examples of animals being humanized for all sorts of purposes, ranging from education to entertainment to satire to propaganda. Walt… — Frans de Waal
Yeah, but I forgot to take my George Orwell-shaped multivitamins along with my breakfast bowl of Big Brother Os this morning. — Jim Butcher
Do I resent rich people? No. The best or worst I can do is notice them. I agree with the great Socialist writer George Orwell,… — Kurt Vonnegut
Whoa!" he says with a smile. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepen. "Chicken salad a la George Orwell! — Haruki Murakami
They take the circuits out of people’s brains that make it possible for them to think for themselves. Their world is like the one that… — Haruki Murakami
If journalism were a religious order, George Orwell would be its patron saint. — Unknown Author
I was obsessed with George Orwell for years. I remember going to the town library and having to put in interlibrary loan requests to get… — Jill Lepore
What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that identity and a… — David Blunkett
For much of the twentieth century, 1984 was a year that belonged to the future - a strange, gray future at that. Then it slid… — James Gleick
George Orwell is a pinnacle writer, for his combination of moral insight and literary writing. — Atul Gawande
' The People will believe , what the Media tells them , they will believe' George Orwell — Andrew Guzaldo
I'd always been a great fan of George Orwell. — Martin C Smith

Who Wrote These George Orwell Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 21 George Orwell Quotes as follows: