Quotes of: Orwell Keyword

Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.

Molly Ivins

It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle.

Philip Gibbs

When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.

P. J. O'Rourke

The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War.

Russell Banks

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

Robert Capa

I don't go to war for the adrenaline rush. I cover wars because that's what I've ended up doing.

Tim Hetherington

My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.

Ted Koppel

Orwell's short and intense life has for years borne witness to some of those verities of which we were already aware. Parties and churches and states cannot be honest, but individuals can. Real books cannot be written by machines or committees. The t...

Christopher Hitchens

Making another effort to be paradoxical, Williams decides to identify Orwell as an instance of ‘the paradox of the exile’. This, which he also identified with D. H. Lawrence, constituted an actual ‘tradition’, which, in England: This is quite...

Christopher Hitchens

Smiles were rare in this house. Smiles had to be bought and paid for.

Don't Turn Around

We're all scared. Might as well be scared together.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

Everything Beautiful Began After

The figure of the crucified invalidates all thought which takes success for its standard.

Ethics

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

Howards End

Dalam hal terentu kecintaan rakyat ini menimbulkan kesulitan, sama halnya dengan kebencian dari musuh.

Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia

Adalah sudah menjadi sifat manusia untuk menguatkan diri menghadapi hal yang paling buruk.

Bung Karno: Penyambung Lidah Rakyat Indonesia

Children know from a remarkably early age that things are being kept from them, that grown-ups participate in a world of mysteries.

Anthony Hecht

American nuclear reactors are well into middle age. The median age of an operating reactor in the U.S. is 34 years, placing start-up in midst of the Carter administration.

Bill Dedman

After Huguette Clark died in 2011 at age 104, 19 relatives challenged her will, claiming she was mentally ill and had been defrauded by her nurse, attorney and accountant.

Bill Dedman

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to write poetry.

Christopher Koch

A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age.

Chuck Klosterman