#war

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

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below. ↗

— George Orwell

#best #child #eyes #faces #few

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

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. ↗

— George Orwell

#about #actual #cities #civilization #continuity

Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#capitalists #jumping #like #software #venture

With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#buy #good #hardware #keep #machines

They spend their time looking forward to the past. ↗

— John Osborne

#looking #looking forward #past #spend #their

They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' - this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars. ↗

— Ozzy Osbourne

#any #bloody #i #intelligence #intelligent

I welcome viagogo's fresh approach to the entertainment industry and I look forward to helping them build more innovative partnerships in the future. ↗

— Guy Oseary

#build #entertainment #entertainment industry #forward #fresh

I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team. ↗

— Sarah West

#command #extremely #flexible #focused #forward