Hemingway’s quotes about war
Whatever you care to make of Hemingway’s quotes about war (he was prone to a little self-glorification) they were fully founded on …
Poets and Artists
Informed quotes by George Orwell on Poverty
To understand poverty, it causes and consequences, Orwell spent intermittent years of his life immersed with the impoverished, unemployed and down-and-outs of …
Christopher Hitchens’ quotes on life and death
Most of us have heard anecdotes about public figures who had read their own premature obituaries. It happened to Mark Twain, Alfred …
Even in England, it’s not exactly profitable to speak and write the truth.
“Intellectual honesty is a crime in any totalitarian country but even in England, it’s not exactly profitable to speak and write the …
Orson Welles’ ‘Third Man’ cuckoo clock quote howler
In the 1949 film noir classic, The Third Man, Orson Welles as Harry Lime said: “Holly, I’d like to cut you in, …
“Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.”
“Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious,” is a paraphrased quote from George Orwell’s 1939 review …
“You are free to be a drunkard, an idler, a coward, a backbiter; but you are not free to think for yourself.”
Orwell actually wrote: “You are free to be a drunkard, an idler, a coward, a backbiter, a fornicator; but you are not …
Orwell: Politics and the English language
“Political language – and with variations, this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make …
Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?
Barrymore, often described as a ‘theatrical genius’, was a profligate spender – a serious problem because he endured extended periods of unemployment …
Orwell on liberty and freedom of expression
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ~ George …