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Nothing Quotes by George Orwell
- In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country.
- A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague…
- All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in his joyless mind…
- The pleasures of spring are available to everybody and cost nothing.
- Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed,…
- Her feelings were her own, and could not be altered from outside. It would not have occurred to her that an action which is ineffectual…
- In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist…
- Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly, there is nothing left but quietism - robbing reality of its terrors by simply…
- Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in…
- To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.
- It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.
- We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it…
- He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring…
- It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with…
- Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing…
- The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.
- Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
- Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face…
- If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
- What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of…
- The mistake you make, don't you see,is in thinking one can live in a corrupt society without being corrupt oneself. After all, what do you…
- She was very young...she still expected something from life, she did not understand that to push an inconvenient person over a cliff solves nothing.
- Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing…
- History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.
- We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of…
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- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it. — Billie Joe Armstrong