George Orwell Quotes

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

You can compel fear. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're isolated and dependent for long enough. But laughter is free.

When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.

Never underestimate the value of someone who can say, 'You make me sick.'

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.

A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.

Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?

Every chick I try to intimidate in a different way. You have to think about their personality. You have to think about what would get under that particular person's skin the most.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

War is an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.

In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks.

Social change can be painful for all involved—oppressor and oppressed.

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force of arms than to subjugate the minds of a single village... .

We lead them to believe that we are in complete control over every aspect of their lives.

Never argue with a man whose job depends on his not being convinced.

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

If the [Ugandan President] Yoweri Museveni of 1986 were to meet the Museveni of today they would fight on sight - they would shoot each other.

Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.

I know that victims of torture will offer intentionally misleading information if they think their captors will believe it.

I like dealing with a peer so I can bully them. Because then, it's not bullying. It's just warfare.

The only way to stop gaslighting is to shine the light of reality onto a situation. That makes it imperative for the perpetrator to keep victims in the dark.

There was something about me even at an early age that enjoyed charming and manipulating.

The most dangerous negotiation is the one you don't know you're in.

In 'Casino,' there was this scene where Bob De Niro tape-records Sharon Stone's phone call. Then he asks her about where she's going, and he catches her in a lie. It was a great scene, especially for Bob's work, but we found that, in light of the whole film, it wasn't needed.

My sister's a bully.