Quote by George Orwell
Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custar

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie… a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. – George Orwell

Other quotes by George Orwell

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. – George Orwell

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Fear
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To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. – George Orwell

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War
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There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction. – George Orwell

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War
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Other Quotes from
funny
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My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they dont speak English. – Margaret Cho

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funny

Id never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room. – Mercedes McCambridge

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funny

Womens humor seems to be a little more supportive. Its just kind of trying to make the other one laugh through funny voices and kind of talking about other people. I respond to that. I feel less like Im going to get beat up in a room full of women than I do in a room full of guys. – Paul Feig

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funny

I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem? – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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funny

Random Quotes

Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. – Khalil Gibran

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Love

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. – Anatole France, The Red Lily, 1894

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Justice & Law

Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature. – Herman Hesse

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relationship

Child-rearing is my main interest now. Im a hands-on father. – Sean Penn

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dad