Quotes of: Orwell Keyword

Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.

Robert Caro

If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.

Rita Dove

I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.

Ben Bradlee

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

Charley Reese

Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar, and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.

Billy Corgan

Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.

Garet Garrett

One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.

Ines de La Fressange

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Jackie Collins

The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.

Jeff Goodell

With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.

Judd Rose

It is important to value intellect and discipline, of course, but it is also important to recognize the power of irrationality, enthusiasm and vast energy.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Until Americans feel that their core asset - their homes - are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power.

Kevin O'Leary

President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things.

Maureen Dowd

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

Max Lerner

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

Nate Silver

When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.

Robert Caro

Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion.

Courtney Love

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

Julia Ward Howe

Spirituality in Washington can be more of a - I don't want to say it - but, a networking opportunity. Religion is often used opportunistically in the political conversation.

Mark Leibovich

The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

Barbara Walters

The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.

Dave Barry