“I always think they're rather charming-looking, the Burmese. They have such splendid bodies! Just think what sights you'd see in England if people went about half naked as they do here!”

— George Orwell, book Burmese Days

John Flory, Ch X
Burmese Days (1934)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Sept. 30, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I always think they're rather charming-looking, the Burmese. They have such splendid bodies! Just think what sights you…" by George Orwell?

George Orwell photo

George Orwell473

English author and journalist 1903–1950

Related quotes

“It is ironic that nudists are just about the last people you'd ever want to see naked.”

David Sedaris Naked

Essay: "Naked". (p.339)
Naked (1997)

“It is very funny, but you do not always have to see people to love them. Just think about it, and see if it isn't so.”

Kate Douglas Wiggin book The Birds' Christmas Carol

Source: The Birds' Christmas Carol

“people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“[quoting her producer] "The network is concerned. They're concerned about the fullness of your face. They think you're really overweight and you're going to have to do something about it." I didn't know what to say to that. I always thought I was decent looking; I had no idea that I was a giant face taking over America! HERE COMES THE FACE!!”

Margaret Cho (1968) American stand-up comedian

From Her Tours and CDs, I'm The One That I Want Tour

“Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.”

Bob Dole (1923) American politician

Reported in Tom Crisp, The Book of Bob: Choice Words, Memorable Men (2007), p. 113.

“I didn't know what to think about first: me seeing Claude naked, Claude seeing me naked, or the whole fact that we were related and naked in the same room.
(Sookie Stackhouse, Dead in the Family)”

Charlaine Harris Dead in the Family

Source: Dead in the Family

“The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.”

Dashiell Hammett book The Thin Man

Source: The Thin Man

“You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer, not just a human being.”

Martha Graham (1894–1991) American dancer and choreographer

Source: Blood Memory

“Unforgettably horrible is the naked body. It really does not have the slightest charm.”

Murasaki Shikibu book The Diary of Lady Murasaki

The Diary of Lady Murasaki

“You see, lots of the real people can't do it at all: they're such fools that they think style comes by nature to people in their position; and so they never learn. There's always something professional about doing a thing superlatively well.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

1910s, Pygmalion (1912)

Related topics