Quote by George Orwell

It is sometimes a comfort to me to think that the aeroplane is changing the conditions of warfare. In the next great war, we may see that sight unprecedented in all history, a jingo with a bullet-hole in him.

It is sometimes a comfort to me to think that the aeroplane

Summary

This quote reflects an ironic perspective on the advancement of technology in warfare. The speaker finds solace in the idea that airplanes are altering the rules of engagement. They express hope that in the future, war will no longer be glorified and depict the image of a nationalist individual being shot down, challenging traditional notions of war. It subtly critiques the glorification of war and suggests that advancements in technology can bring about a more sobering and realistic view of its consequences.

Topics

War History

By George Orwell

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast.

Appearance

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very bes

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

Best

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in t

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Best

We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones.

We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones.

Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that econ

Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order?

Economics

If you desire ease, forsake learning.

If you desire ease, forsake learning.

Learning

As far as my divorce goes, I love my family and I love my wi

As far as my divorce goes, I love my family and I love my wife to death and I just don't know what tomorrow's going to bring.

Death

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

Art

To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and ther

To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other.

Listening

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.

Science Motivation Impossibility

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Maril

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.

Charlize Theron

Movies

There's a great deal of attention paid and books written abo

There's a great deal of attention paid and books written about this change of life in a woman, and really very little written about a man's change of life.

Life Change Man