Squealer's Quotes

#1. There was nothing with which they could compare their present lives: they had nothing to go upon except Squealer's lists of figures, which invariably demonstrated that everything was getting better and better.

George Orwell

#2. They were always cold, and usually hungry as well. Only Boxer and Clover never lost heart. Squealer made excellent speeches on the joy of service and the dignity of labor, but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer's strength and his never-failing cry of I will work harder!

George Orwell

#3. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades, cried Squealer almost pleadingly

George Orwell

#4. Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?

William Safire

#5. Why did people run around in random directions when shooting started instead of literally hitting the deck to stay out of the line of fire? How stupid could you get?

Cheyenne McCray

#6. The faster the motion, the less time to think. Fuselage journalism, Hugh Sidey of Time later called it.

David Halberstam

#7. Publicly humiliating someone for your own gain will only come and haunt you. God's going to have his revenge.

Madonna Ciccone

#8. One day she was going to have a wonderful, amazing fucking life. And while I might not be a part of it, I was going to remember. I'd remember every second we had together, and never, ever let it go.

Charles Sheehan-Miles

#9. People talk about love as if it were something you could give, like an armful of flowers.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#10. Blame is especially useful in situations in which there is no apparent villain-those moments that prove, despite our advancement of learning, how susceptible we are to high winds and wet roads.

Roger Rosenblatt