#ate

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. ↗

— George Orwell

#depth #duty #first #intelligent #men

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent. ↗

— George Orwell

#intelligent #make #masses #materials #might

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. ↗

— George Orwell

#first #intelligent #men #obvious #restatement

Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there. ↗

— George Orwell

#battles #been #lost #opening #probably

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. ↗

— George Orwell

#custard pie #dirty #every #funny #joke

This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#fun #game #having #having fun #i

I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated. ↗

— George Osborne

#centre #financial #global #i #properly

I started playing guitar when I was in my late teens, and within two years I was starting to play shows. ↗

— Buzz Osborne

#i #late #late teens #play #playing

If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government. ↗

— George Osborne

#banking system #change #gone #government #learn

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. ↗

— George Osborne

#civilized #civilized society #generous #hard #least