Telescreen Quotes

#1. Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked.

George Orwell

#2. Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer; though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing.

George Orwell

#3. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.

George Orwell

#4. He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen. We

George Orwell

#5. I'm the dark secret that he can't keep hidden - his crossed fingers - his hold-my-breath-to-keep-from-feeling. But I make him feel everything.

Amy A. Bartol

#6. For the past five thousand years, people have been largely enslaved by a few select masters who understood how violence, religion, communication, debt, and class warfare all work together to subjugate a large group of people.

James Altucher

#7. Who are those people by whom you wish to be admired? Are they not these whom you are in the habit of saying that they are mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?

Epictetus

#8. I think it ought not to be set down as certain, that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself.

Jane Austen

#9. I love Salma Hayek; we've been friends for a really long time. I admire how she has come such a long way and always remained grounded and who she is. She never compromises to follow her vision, and she is loyal. Such qualities only mark the great stars.

Penelope Cruz

#10. Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I think that's always going to be something I like.

Oren Peli

#11. True self confidence happens when you stop blaming others for not seeing what you love about yourself. Not everyone has the same list of needs.

Shannon L. Alder

#12. Sincere deeds invite new friends.

Toba Beta

#13. People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

Russell Simmons

#14. I felt exalted.
It was my moment. This was my place and my
time and my own perfection.
I was no longer afraid. Weird. If I'd had a
mouth I'd have smiled.
I said.
No one moved.
I asked.
No answer.
I said, almost laughing.

Katherine Applegate