George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
rivers feet choices
How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of the Invisible Throne and flows by the path of obedience.
morning stars moon
All things journey: sun and moon, Morning, noon, and afternoon, Night and all her stars; 'Twixt the east and western bars Round they journey, Come and go! We go with them!
punishment yoke
That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.
tone unexpected persons
Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words.
morning blessed angel
There are few of us that are not rather ashamed of our sins and follies as we look out on the blessed morning sunlight, which comes to us like a bright-winged angel beckoning us to quit the old path of vanity that stretches its dreary length behind us.
summer morning cheer
Perhaps there is no time in a summer's day more cheering, than when the warmth of the sun is just beginning to triumph over the freshness of the morning--when there is just a lingering hint of early coolness to keep off languor under the delicious influence of warmth.
wine beer knowing
There's truth in wine, and there may be some in gin and muddy beer; but whether it's truth worth my knowing, is another question.
limbs force form
Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.
hate work pride
I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure i' their work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much.... I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in's work. The very grindstone 'ull go on turning a bit after you loose it.
religious powerful growth
Fatally powerful as religious systems have been, human nature is stronger and wider, and though dogmas may hamper they cannot absolutely repress its growth.
belief
Better a false belief than no belief at all.
leadership command
He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands.
wine vinegar sun
Wine and the sun will make vinegar without any shouting to help them.
enemy harder niceties
Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.