Anthony Burgess Quotes
Best 10 A Clockwork Orange Quotes by Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange Quotes
“A human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and evil. If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange.”
“A work of art is somehow organic, and to slash a painting or smash a statue is not just an offence against property: it is an offence against life.”
“Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?”
“Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate.”
“Goodness comes from within. Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”
“I am everyone?s friend. Except to my enemies.”
“The essential intention is the real sin. A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man.”
“When we're healthy we respond to the presence of the hateful with fear and nausea.”
“Writers are rarely their own best critics, nor are critics.”
“You were not put on this earth just to get in touch with God.”
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