Orwell Quotes

28 quotes by 26 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
Orwell couldn't see that Big Brother would not be The State, but The Corporation. — Laurence Overmire
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
Orwell was dealing with communism and his disillusionment with communism in Russia and what he saw the communists do in Spain. His novel was a… — Ray Bradbury
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
Orwell has always been a huge influence on me. — Robert Harris
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
Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days. — John Pilger
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
The sad fact is that I love Dickens and Donne and Keats and Eliot and Forster and Conrad and Fitzgerald and Kafka and Wilde and… — David Nicholls
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 peopleâ€™s brains that make it possible for them to think for themselves. Their world is like the one that… — Haruki Murakami
Oh, how I wish that Orwell were still alive, so that I could read his comments on contemporary events! — Wystan Hugh Auden

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