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65f235d An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. George Mikes
d3dbd43 Continental people have sex life; the English have hot-water bottles. George Mikes
e512a74 In England everything is the other way round. George Mikes
dc23867 On the Continent people have good food; in England, people have good table manners. George Mikes
9c3eebf Nobody ever rioted for austerity. George Monbiot
5b17a30 No political challenge can be met by shopping. George Monbiot
e891997 What matters this or that reason? What we want is more of the trade which the Dutch now have. George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
eb09810 The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand. George Moore (novelist)
72e802a Acting is therefore the lowest of the arts, if it is an art at all. George Moore (novelist)
3335560 He must put his shoulder to the wheel and get it right; one more push, that was all that was wanted. George Moore (novelist)
a60bcb4 Faith goes out of the window when beauty comes in at the door. George Moore (novelist)
e722471 A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore (novelist)
2d84a8c A great artist is always before his time or behind it. George Moore (novelist)
7b9f8ae But if you want to be a painter you must go to France -- France is the only school of Art. George Moore (novelist)
f35d253 Ugliness is trivial, the monstrous is terrible. George Moore (novelist)
e79db82 It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people. George Moore (novelist)
97d2ecb Humanity is a pigsty, where lions, hypocrites, and the obscene in spirit congregate. George Moore (novelist)
61e8fff All reformers are bachelors. George Moore (novelist)
88cac3c After all there is but one race -- humanity. George Moore (novelist)
84f177a The wrong way always seems the more reasonable. George Moore (novelist)
393930f One must be in London to see the spring. George Moore (novelist)
cf62049 We humans are more complicated than animals, and we love through the imagination. George Moore (novelist)
1d24efd things explain each other, Not themselves. George Oppen
0a0e120 One is almost driven to the cynical conclusion that men are only decent when they are powerless. George Orwell
36aedfb Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea. George Orwell
1847287 Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. George Orwell
db191d6 Decline of the English Murder George Orwell
b3c255c The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude. George Orwell
a317be8 To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle. George Orwell
0f0169a No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. George Orwell
c7dc44d One cannot really be Catholic & grown-up. George Orwell
f9366d7 At 50, everyone has the face he deserves. George Orwell
c7c4f9e I have always thought there might be a lot of cash in starting a new religion. George Orwell
dd020a8 There is only one way to make money at writing, and that is to marry a publisher's daughter. George Orwell
0f20adc Fate seemed to be playing a series of extraordinarily unamusing jokes. George Orwell
3add01f It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you. George Orwell
7cdf444 Ellis was one of those people who constantly nag others to echo their own opinions. George Orwell
21db7fc Beauty is meaningless until it is shared. George Orwell
fbc5fbd An earthquake is such fun when it is over. George Orwell
9987f49 He had reached the age when the future ceases to be a rosy blur and becomes actual and menacing. George Orwell
67c5d3b When you have no money your life is one long series of snubs. George Orwell
67b6524 Who do you plan to vote in November? George Will
279f30d No rich man ever succeeds in disguising himself as a poor man; for money, like murder, will out. George Orwell
43cc534 Poverty is spiritual halitosis. George Orwell