George Orwell Quotes

Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by George Orwell

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. George Orwell Quotes

George Orwell Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from George Orwell on Wise Famous Quotes.

George Orwell quotes: For, after all, we have nothing to lose but our aitches. For, after all, we have nothing to lose but our aitches.
George Orwell quotes: So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing. So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing.
George Orwell quotes: The common people, on the whole, are still living in the world of absolute good and evil from which the intellectuals have long since escaped. The common people, on the whole, are still living in the world of absolute good and evil from which the intellectuals have long since escaped.
George Orwell quotes: Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain. Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.
George Orwell quotes: For some reason, all the best matadors were Fascists. For some reason, all the best matadors were Fascists.
George Orwell quotes: Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing. Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.
George Orwell quotes: [ ... ] you can get anything in this world if you genuinely don't want it. [ ... ] you can get anything in this world if you genuinely don't want it.
George Orwell quotes: Why was it that they could never shout like that about something that mattered? Why was it that they could never shout like that about something that mattered?
George Orwell quotes: The truth, it is felt, becomes untruth when your enemy utters it. The truth, it is felt, becomes untruth when your enemy utters it.
George Orwell quotes: Truth is a matter of PerspectiveThere will be my truth and your truth and as Universal truth doesn't exist. Truth is a matter of Perspective
There will be my truth and your truth and as Universal truth doesn't exist.
George Orwell quotes: The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent. The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.
George Orwell quotes: their own children. their own children.
George Orwell quotes: If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man. If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man.
George Orwell quotes: The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction. The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction.
George Orwell quotes: This is the inevitable fate of the sentimentalist. All his opinions change into their opposites at the first brush of reality. This is the inevitable fate of the sentimentalist. All his opinions change into their opposites at the first brush of reality.
George Orwell quotes: Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.
George Orwell quotes: He was alone with seven thousand books ... mostly aged and unsaleable. He was alone with seven thousand books ... mostly aged and unsaleable.
George Orwell quotes: There is no comfort. Our lives dismay us. We have dreams of leaving and it is the same for everyone I know. There is no comfort. Our lives dismay us.
We have dreams of leaving and it is the same for everyone I know.
George Orwell quotes: Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious. Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
George Orwell quotes: Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort of perverse Toryism by the follies of the progressive party of the moment. Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort of perverse Toryism by the follies of the progressive party of the moment.
George Orwell quotes: Though it is unreal it is not meaningless Though it is unreal it is not meaningless
George Orwell quotes: In places this book is a little over-written, because Mr Blunden is no more able to resist a quotation than some people are to refuse a drink. In places this book is a little over-written, because Mr Blunden is no more able to resist a quotation than some people are to refuse a drink.
George Orwell quotes: Winston Churchill could not definitely remember a time when his country had not been at war. Winston Churchill could not definitely remember a time when his country had not been at war.
George Orwell quotes: The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it. The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.
George Orwell quotes: As time went on, the Communists and the POUM wrote more bitterly about one another than about the Fascists. As time went on, the Communists and the POUM wrote more bitterly about one another than about the Fascists.
George Orwell quotes: His bowels seemed to turn to water. His bowels seemed to turn to water.
George Orwell quotes: And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots. And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots.
George Orwell quotes: Suddenly his heart seemed to turn to ice and his bowels to water. Suddenly his heart seemed to turn to ice and his bowels to water.
George Orwell quotes: Libel settles nothing. Libel settles nothing.
George Orwell quotes: In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards. In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards.
George Orwell quotes: I'm not interested in the next generation, dear. I'm interested in us.' - Julia I'm not interested in the next generation, dear. I'm interested in us.' - Julia
George Orwell quotes: Prestige, the breath of life, is itself nebulous. Prestige, the breath of life, is itself nebulous.
George Orwell quotes: I did try very hard to tell the whole truth without violating my literary instincts. I did try very hard to tell the whole truth without violating my literary instincts.
George Orwell quotes: But it was alright, everything was alright, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. But it was alright, everything was alright, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.
George Orwell quotes: A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
George Orwell quotes: To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country. To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.
George Orwell quotes: These people don't see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you. These people don't see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you.
George Orwell quotes: to be efficient it was necessary to be able to learn from the past, which meant having a fairly accurate idea of what had happened in the past. to be efficient it was necessary to be able to learn from the past, which meant having a fairly accurate idea of what had happened in the past.
George Orwell quotes: There were things, your own acts, from which you could never recover. Something was killed in your breast: burnt out, cauterized out. There were things, your own acts, from which you could never recover. Something was killed in your breast: burnt out, cauterized out.
George Orwell quotes: Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it. Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it.
George Orwell quotes: The command of the old despotisms was "Thou shalt not". The command of the totalitarians was "Thou shalt". Our command is "Thou art". The command of the old despotisms was "Thou shalt not". The command of the totalitarians was "Thou shalt". Our command is "Thou art".
George Orwell quotes: The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be. Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be. Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now
George Orwell quotes: Though waiters always die poor, they have long runs of luck occasionally. Though waiters always die poor, they have long runs of luck occasionally.
George Orwell quotes: Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the surplus of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society. Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the surplus of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society.
George Orwell quotes: A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
George Orwell quotes: To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.
George Orwell quotes: Who cares?' she said impatiently, 'it's always one bloody war after another, and one knows the news is all lies anyway. Who cares?' she said impatiently, 'it's always one bloody war after another, and one knows the news is all lies anyway.
George Orwell quotes: World-conquest is believed in most firmly by those who know it to be impossible. World-conquest is believed in most firmly by those who know it to be impossible.
George Orwell quotes: Weakness is strength. Weakness is strength.
George Orwell quotes: I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY
George Orwell quotes: At fifty everyone has the face he deserves. At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.
George Orwell quotes: It was a vast, luminous dream in which his whole life seemed to stretch out before him like a landscape on a summer evening after rain It was a vast, luminous dream in which his whole life seemed to stretch out before him like a landscape on a summer evening after rain
George Orwell quotes: The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
George Orwell quotes: One way of feeling infallible is not to keep a diary One way of feeling infallible is not to keep a diary
George Orwell quotes: The writer knows more or less what he wants to say, but an accumulation of stale phrases chokes him like tea-leaves blocking a sink. The writer knows more or less what he wants to say, but an accumulation of stale phrases chokes him like tea-leaves blocking a sink.
George Orwell quotes: One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool. One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool.
George Orwell quotes: The modern emphasis on what is called 'clean fun' is really the symptom of a general unwillingness to touch upon any serious or controversial subject. The modern emphasis on what is called 'clean fun' is really the symptom of a general unwillingness to touch upon any serious or controversial subject.
George Orwell quotes: The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good. The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
George Orwell quotes: 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. 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.
George Orwell quotes: Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea. Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.
George Orwell quotes: Merely to be alone, not to be beaten or questioned, to have enough to eat, and to be clean all over, was completely satisfying. Merely to be alone, not to be beaten or questioned, to have enough to eat, and to be clean all over, was completely satisfying.
George Orwell quotes: Free speech is my right to say what you don't want to hear. Free speech is my right to say what you don't want to hear.
George Orwell quotes: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the
George Orwell quotes: The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia's life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal. The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia's life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal.
George Orwell quotes: If there is hope, it lies in the proles. If there is hope, it lies in the proles.
George Orwell quotes: If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them. If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
George Orwell quotes: Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners. Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners.
George Orwell quotes: Their job seemed to me so hopeless, so appalling that I wondered how anyone could put up with such a thing when prison was a possible alternative. Their job seemed to me so hopeless, so appalling that I wondered how anyone could put up with such a thing when prison was a possible alternative.
George Orwell quotes: He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable. What certainty had he that a single human creature now living was on his side? He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable. What certainty had he that a single human creature now living was on his side?
George Orwell quotes: Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me:There lie they, and here lie weUnder the spreading chestnut tree. Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me:
There lie they, and here lie we
Under the spreading chestnut tree.
George Orwell quotes: I'm thirty-nine years old. I've got a wife that I can't get rid of. I've got varicose veins. I've got five false teeth. I'm thirty-nine years old. I've got a wife that I can't get rid of. I've got varicose veins. I've got five false teeth.
George Orwell quotes: Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible. Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible.
George Orwell quotes: Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial
George Orwell quotes: Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future. Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.
George Orwell quotes: But a child's belief in its own shortcomings is not much influenced by facts. But a child's belief in its own shortcomings is not much influenced by facts.
George Orwell quotes: Will Big Brother ever die?" "Of course not. How could he die? Next question. Will Big Brother ever die?" "Of course not. How could he die? Next question.
George Orwell quotes: It is impossible to found a civilisation on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure. It is impossible to found a civilisation on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure.
George Orwell quotes: People took politics seriously in those days. They used to begin storing up rotten eggs weeks before an election. People took politics seriously in those days. They used to begin storing up rotten eggs weeks before an election.
George Orwell quotes: Pacifism is a tenable position, provided that you are prepared to live with the consequences. Pacifism is a tenable position, provided that you are prepared to live with the consequences.
George Orwell quotes: There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word Man There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word
Man
George Orwell quotes: Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad.
George Orwell quotes: One always abandons something in retreat. Look at Napoleon at the Beresina! He abandoned his whole army. One always abandons something in retreat. Look at Napoleon at the Beresina! He abandoned his whole army.
George Orwell quotes: If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then? But If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then? But
George Orwell quotes: And remember also that in fighting against man we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices. And remember also that in fighting against man we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices.
George Orwell quotes: Fate seemed to be playing a series of extraordinarily unamusing jokes. Fate seemed to be playing a series of extraordinarily unamusing jokes.
George Orwell quotes: It was not the man's brain that was speaking; it was his larynx. It was not the man's brain that was speaking; it was his larynx.
George Orwell quotes: The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system. The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system.
George Orwell quotes: Since that time, war had literally been continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war. Since that time, war had literally been continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war.
George Orwell quotes: And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray. And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray.
George Orwell quotes: All the habits of Man are evil. All the habits of Man are evil.
George Orwell quotes: He who controls the past, commands the future. He who controls the past, commands the future.
George Orwell quotes: Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation.
George Orwell quotes: There is nothing more dreadful in the world than to live in somebody else's house, eating his bread and doing nothing in return for it. There is nothing more dreadful in the world than to live in somebody else's house, eating his bread and doing nothing in return for it.
George Orwell quotes: if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you. Make if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you. Make
George Orwell quotes: Even if you are a minority of one it does not make you wrong Even if you are a minority of one it does not make you wrong
George Orwell quotes: No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid. No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.
George Orwell quotes: The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham . The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham .
George Orwell quotes: We have sunk so low it has become the obligation of every decent, thinking individual to re-state the obvious! We have sunk so low it has become the obligation of every decent, thinking individual to re-state the obvious!
George Orwell quotes: At 50, everyone has the face he deserves. At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.
George Orwell quotes: Always in your stomach and in your skin there was a sort of protest, a feeling that you had been cheated of something you had a right to. Always in your stomach and in your skin there was a sort of protest, a feeling that you had been cheated of something you had a right to.

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.