#not

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. ↗

— George Orwell

#catch #consumes #creature #does #eggs

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. ↗

— George Orwell

#early #event #ever #had #i

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent. ↗

— George Orwell

#assuming #both #cannot #catholic #communist

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose. ↗

— George Orwell

#belong #class #dreadful #feared #further

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return. ↗

— George Orwell

#another #any #assume #child #deeply

To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others. ↗

— George Orwell

#does #human #human being #love #loving

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane. ↗

— George Orwell

#constantly #good #good prose #like #nothing

I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#available #believer #believing #best #evidence

All teens are in trouble in one form or another. ↗

— Buzz Osborne

#form #teens #trouble

By and large musicians are pretty lazy; they don't do a whole lot. They're usually very busy doing nothing. ↗

— Buzz Osborne

#doing #large #lazy #lot #musicians