The fact is that very few of us know what words mean; fewer still take the trouble to enquire. We calmly, we carelessly assume that our minds are identical with that of the writer, at least on that point; and then we wonder that there should be misun...
As he once wrote of Kipling, his own enduring influence can be measured by a number of terms and phrases—doublethink, thought police, 'Some animals are more equal than others'—that he embedded in our language and in our minds. In Orwell's own min...
The bricoleur, says Levi-Strauss, is someone who uses ‘the means at hand,’ that is, the instruments he finds at his disposition around him, those which are already there, which had not been especially conceived with an eye to the operation for wh...
An artist simply cannot trust any public emblem of merit.
Throwing a sub at the Apollyon probably wasn't something that should be done in public. But I couldn't help it; I laughed.
I went to private school in Manhattan, and at a young age, they made us do public speaking. For some reason, I was good at standing in front of the class and speaking.
It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket.
I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.
I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It's definitely a gift and for which I'm thankful.
My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
Outside museums, in noisy public squares, people look at people. Inside museums, we leave that realm and enter what might be called the group-mind, getting quiet to look at art.
What is seen by mind, is an environmental image that projected by public consciousness in vicinity.
Public success flourishes when we uphold private order.
The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.
I think it may not be a coincidence that the rise of printing and book publication and literacy and the phenomenon of best sellers all preceded the humanitarian reforms of the Enlightenment.
The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands.
I've written some happy songs but I can't ever play them in public because everybody will just start throwing up.
Publicity is just a foolish act done by wise people confidently, to fool the world.
To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.
My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.
