1,535 Quotes by George Orwell

There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, Winston— always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.

He loved Big Brother.

Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks the whip. But the really well-trained dog is the one that turns somersaults when there is no whip-

My best fishing-memory is about some fish that I never caught.

There is a minority of gifted, willfuf people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong in this class.

There is no such thing as a naval dictatorship.

Take away freedom of speech, and the creative faculties dry up.

It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage.

History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.