Orwell Quotes

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 certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.
Christopher Hitchens

Age, Thought, After

Well, I'm in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. 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 certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.
Christopher Hitchens

Age, Thought, After

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.
Christopher Lasch

Sure, Trouble, Speech

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.
John Pilger

Reality, Writing, Days

Orwell was the sort of man who was full of grievances. He was very loyal. Once he got to know you, he was extremely loyal. He hated passionately and irrationally.
George Woodcock

Once, Full, Loyal

I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell.
Aravind Adiga

Read, Hemingway, Keats

George Orwell's '1984' frequently tops surveys of our greatest books: it's not a celebration of poetic language. It's decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece of personal and political narrative sequence. And its subject matter is crucial, because what '1984' shows is that language can be a dirty trick.
Graham Joyce

Greatest, Political, Matter

I'd always been a great fan of George Orwell.
Martin C. Smith

Great, Fan, George

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 simple a child could understand it.
Melvin Burgess

Time, Simple, Political

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