Orwell hoped that by writing 1984 he’d help stop such a state ever coming to pass. Read these 1984 quotes to decide for yourself. “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”. This week, George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel and high-school curriculum staple Nineteen Eighty-Four became the best-selling book on Amazon.It’s now out of stock (though you can read it online for free), and Penguin has ordered a larger-than-usual reprint of the novel to keep up with the new demand—a demand clearly stirred up by Donald Trump’s inauguration and his administration. Exerpt from '1984' by George Orwell 'Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling, filled up the horizon of their minds. 1984 Quotes Showing 1-30 of 2,225 “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” ― George Orwell, 1984. Unlike Winston I am not comfortable in being without hope — as were most of the proles in 1984. The Lottery was a veiled symbol of hope. The payouts were never so big as to make any difference, and any grandiose payout that was made was usually to some non-real winner.

1984 Quotes

Quote 1: 'BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU' Part 1, Chapter 1, pg. 3

Quote 2: 'WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.' Part 1, Chapter 1, pg. 6

Quote 3: 'A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledgehammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic.' Part 1, Chapter 1, pg. 16

Quote 4: 'one of those completely unquestioning, devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the Thought Police, the stability of the Party depended.' Part 1, Chapter 2, pg. 23

Quote 5: 'We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.' Part 1, Chapter 2, pg. 27

Quote 6: 'The past was dead, the future was unimaginable.' Part 1, Chapter 2, pg. 28

Quote 7: 'With its grace and carelessness it seemed to annihilate a whole culture, a whole system of thought, as though Big Brother and the Party and the Thought Police could all be swept into nothingness by a single splendid movement of the arm.' Part 1, Chapter 3, pg. 33

Quote 8: 'Who controls the past', ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' Part 1, Chapter 3, pg. 37

Quote 9: 'Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar.' Part 1, Chapter 4, pg. 50

Quote 10: 'Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.' Part 1, Chapter 6, pg. 64

Quote 11: 'She had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan, and there was no imbecility, absolutely none, that she was not capable of swallowing if the Party handed it out to her.' Part 1, Chapter 6, pg. 67

Quote 12: 'Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting minor operation, like having an enema.' Part 1, Chapter 6, pg. 69

Quote 13: 'They were born, they grew up in the gutters, they went to work at twelve, they passed through a brief blossoming period of beauty and sexual desire, they married at twenty, they were middle-aged at thirty, they died, for the most part, at sixty. Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds.' Part 1, Chapter 7, pg. 71

Quote 14: 'If there is hope, wrote Winston, it lies in the proles.' Part 1, Chapter 7, pg. 72

Quote 15: 'Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.' Part 1, Chapter 7, pg. 74

Quote 16: 'a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face.' Part 1, Chapter 7, pg. 77

Quote 17: 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.' Part 1, Chapter 7, pg. 84

Quote 18: 'It seemed to him that he knew exactly what it felt like to sit in a room like this, in an armchair beside an open fire with your feet in the fender and a kettle on the hob: utterly alone, utterly secure, with nobody watching you, no voice pursuing you, no sound except the singing of the kettle and the friendly ticking of the clock.' Part 1, Chapter 8, pg. 100

Quote 19: 'Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement's, You owe me three farthings, say the bells of St Martin's.' Part 1, Chapter 8, pg. 103

Quote 20: 'At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid.' Part 2, Chapter 1, pg. 110-11

Quote 21: 'by degrees the flood of music drove all speculations out of his mind. It was as though it were a kind of liquid stuff that poured all over him and got mixed up with the sunlight that filtered through the leaves.' Part 2, Chapter 2, pg. 125

Quote 22: 'Not merely the love of one person, but the animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire: that was the force that would tear the Party to pieces.' Part 2, Chapter 2, pg. 127

Quote 23: 'to be bought furtively by proletarian youths who were under the impression that they were buying something illegal.' Part 2, Chapter 3, pg. 132

Quote 24: 'What was more important was that sexual privation induced hysteria, which was desirable because it could be transformed into war fever and leader worship.' Part 2, Chapter 3, pg. 134

Quote 25: 'She did not understand that there was no such thing as happiness, that the only victory lay in the far future, long after you were dead, that from the moment of declaring war on the Party it was better to think of yourself as a corpse. 'We are the dead,' he said.' Part 2, Chapter 3, pg. 137

Quote 26: 'The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all around him. She had become a physical necessity.' Part 2, Chapter 4, pg. 140

Quote 27: 'The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism.' Part 2, Chapter 5, pg. 150

Quote 28: 'So long as they were actually in this room, they both felt, no harm could come to them.' Part 2, Chapter 5, pg. 152

Quote 29: 'Even the one plan that was practicable, suicide, they had no intention of carrying out. To hang on from day to day and from week to week, spinning out a present that had no future, seemed an unconquerable instinct, just as one's lungs will always draw the next breath so long as there is air available.' Part 2, Chapter 5, pg. 153

Quote 30: 'she only questioned the teachings of the Party when they in some way touched upon her own life. Often she was ready to accept the official mythology, simply because the difference between truth and falsehood did not seem important to her.' Part 2, Chapter 5, pg. 154

Quote 31: 'He had the sensation of stepping into the dampness of a grave, and it was not much better because he had always known that the grave was there and waiting for him.' Part 2, Chapter 6, pg. 160

Quote 32: 'He knew that he was starving the other two, but he could not help it; he even felt that he had a right to do it. The clamorous hunger in his belly seemed to justify him.' Part 2, Chapter 7, pg. 163

Quote 33: 'The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world.' Part 2, Chapter 7, pg. 165

Quote 34: 'It's the one thing they can't do. They can make you say anything - anything - but they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you.' Part 2, Chapter 7, pg. 167

Quote 35: 'You will work for a while, you will be caught, you will confess, and then you will die... There is no possibility that any perceptible change will happen within our own lifetime. We are the dead.' Part 2, Chapter 8, pg. 177

Quote 36: 'The primary aim of modern warfare Part 1n accordance with the principles of doublethink, this aim is simultaneously recognized and not recognized by the directing brains of the Inner Party is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living.' Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 189

Quote 37: 'If the machine were used deliberately for that end, hunger, overwork, dirt, illiteracy, and disease could be eliminated within a few generations.' Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 190

Quote 38: 'the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.' Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 192

Quote 39: 'a mixture of psychologist and inquisitor, studying with extraordinary minuteness the meaning of facial expressions, gestures and tones of voice, and testing the truth-producing effects of drugs, shock therapy, hypnosis, and physical torture.' Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 194

Quote 40: 'It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden. The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already.' Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 201

Quote 41: 'Even the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages was tolerant by modern standards. Part of the reason for this was that in the past no government had the power to keep its citizens under constant surveillance. The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion, and the film and the radio carried the process further. With the development of television, and the technical advance which made it possible to receive and transmit simultaneously on the same instrument, private life came to an end.' Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 206-7

Quote 42: 'the essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty.' Part 2, Chapter 9, pg. 215

Quote 43: 'everywhere stood the same solid unconquerable figure, made monstrous by work and childbearing, toiling from birth to death and still singing.' Part 2, Chapter 10, pg. 222

Quote 44: 'It was more natural to exist from moment to moment, accepting another ten minutes' life even with the certainty that there was torture at the end of it.' Part 3, Chapter 1, pg. 232

Quote 45: 'There were times when it went on and on until the cruel, wicked, unforgivable thing seemed to him not that the guards continued to beat him but that he could not force himself into losing consciousness.' Part 3, Chapter 2, pg. 244

Quote 46: 'The old feeling, that at bottom it did not matter whether O'Brien was a friend or an enemy, had come back. O'Brien was a person who could be talked to... O'Brien had tortured him to the edge of lunacy, and in a little while, it was certain, he would send him to his death. It made no difference.' Part 3, Chapter 2, pg.255-6

Quote 47: 'There was nothing left in them except sorrow for what they had done, and love of Big Brother. It was touching to see how they loved him. They begged to be shot quickly, so that they could die while their minds were still clean.' Part 3, Chapter 2, pg. 259

Quote 48: 'We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull.' Part 3, Chapter 3, pg. 268

Quote 49: 'Do you remember writing in your diary,' he said, 'that it did not matter whether I was a friend or an enemy, since I was at least a person who understood you and could be talked to? You were right. I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.' Part 3, Chapter 2, pg. 271

Quote 50: 'It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. Nothing had changed except your own attitude; the predestined thing happened in any case.' Part 3, Chapter 4, pg. 280

Quote 51: 'For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself.' Part 3, Chapter 4, pg. 283

Quote 52: 'Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don't care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!' Part 3, Chapter 5, pg. 289

Quote 53: 'There were things, your own acts, from which you could not recover. Something was killed in your breast; burnt out, cauterized out.' Part 3, Chapter 6, pg. 293

Quote 54: 'But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.' Part 3, Chapter 6, pg. 300

Quote 55: 'The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.' Appendix, pg. 303

Gambling has been enjoyed by mankind since before the written record of history. Now that’s quite some time. So, with it having been around for so long, it’s had plenty said about it, and we’re revealing to you some of the best gambling quotes from across the years.

We’ve got some downright funny winning quotes, others are more morose, others still are insightful, and the rest? Well, they may just offer you a new way of thinking.

Here's a quick look at some of the greatest quotes on betting ever said (or written).

Eat your betting money but don't bet your eating money.

Who doesn’t love a good ol’ play on words? Especially when their simplicity reveals such profound wisdom. The idea is simple and just as relevant to your prince as it is to your pauper. Go wild with the winnings you get from gambling and spend it how you please, but don’t put the money for your food and rent into a bet.

Popular amongst those who don’t like gambling or risk-taking. And, as Italy was, and still is, very Catholic, it’s no shock that they claimed this proverb. You never know where the dice will land, and this proverb asks why you should bother trying your luck.

The appeal and temptation is acknowledged, after all the dice are already in your hand, but you can still walk away. You lose the chance of a potential win, but you can be certain you’ll suffer no loss. Gamblers prefer to live by, 'nothing ventured, nothing gained', and give themselves over to Lady Luck!

In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.

The cold light of day shone on any bet. A harsh approach, it suggests that the winner, the thief, lured in the innocent fool and robbed them.

While there can only be one winner, usually the bookmaker or casino, and the odds are stacked against the gambler, it’s all in the name of fun. If you go in knowing all this and set limits, it’s hard to call you a fool.

A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way.

Author of the great American novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain made a lot of money from his successful writing career but after a couple of disastrous investments had to file for bankruptcy.

A man after our own hearts, he says that it's always sweeter to make a dollar on a great bet than to earn it through grafting on a hard day's work. Maybe it’s because of the thrill of the win, the risk involved, and the instant gratification. Or maybe it’s the glamour and because we didn't work for it. Either way it feels like easy money. Free money. And that’s worth celebrating.

By the way, if you're wondering, 'Faro' is a card game that was very popular in the 1800s until it was later surpassed by poker.

The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

An American humorist, cartoonist, and journalist, Kin Hubbard always got his point across by making us chuckle. And the above quote is no exception. He plays with literal meaning, yes your wallet will have more of a bulge, but his point is clear.

There’s no risk involved in folding your money over once, so it’s safe. But if you are looking to double your money, you need to step out of your comfort zone.

The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius.

Using chips in casinos is probably how so much money gets bet in each game. When you win big, you know about it and you are literally rolling in it, but when you want make a bet, it doesn’t seem like much to put down a few chips. Especially the chips with higher value.

The guy who invented the chip worked out that this simple trick meant way more people would part with more money. It’s like spending with a credit card. When there’s no hard cash involved you lose a sense of the value.

Of course, another advantage is that it keeps games organized, and with chips being thrown around from player to game to player, they need to be durable, the kind of durable that paper money lacks.

A gambler never makes the same mistake twice. It's usually three or more times.

Quotes For Gambling Systems

Terrence Murphy has written a lot about gambling over the years, and his alter ego, VP Pappy, is quoted across many gambling magazines. His observations about gambling tend to be insightful yet tongue-in-cheek, probably borne from his own experiences, and the quote above ticks those boxes.

We’ve all been there, believing with all our being that THIS roll is the one. And when it’s not, it’s the one after that. Or the one after that. And it goes on. But this doesn’t have to be your fate! There's more than enough strategic information out there to make sure you're playing your games of choice the right way.

I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.

Gambling Quotes Funny

A funny gambling quote from a much-loved comedian. Mitch Hedberg’s deadpan style appealed to audiences across his short-lived career and poked fun at everyday observations. He became something of a cult icon before his premature death.

Just like this quote, he used a lot of one-liners with snappy punchlines to get the laughs.

You know, horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.

Will Rogers was a Hollywood star of his time and led the field in political wit, and used his great sense of humor to entertain the public. This quote takes a direct approach, but the joke is still pretty funny. Funny and true as it ridicules us for our ways of having fun.

If there weren't luck involved, I would win every time.

Known for being temperamental amongst other fellow famous gamblers, this professional has got himself the nickname of 'Poker Brat'. But with that fire comes talent, he’s won a record 14 World Series of Poker bracelets over the years, winning loads of money along the way!

We can see from his success that he’s very skilled and, from what he says above, might not be so lucky. That’s the beauty of games like poker, though. A mixture of strategy and luck will get you that win meaning that players with less ability might actually win against those with all the know-how. With luck thrown in, you never know what will happen and that’s what keeps players coming back over and over again for more.