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
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.
work men bridges
Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his life.
work men squares
There's nothing but what's bearable as long as a man can work.... The square o' four is sixteen, and you must lengthen your lever in proportion to your weight, is as true when a man's miserable as when he's happy; and the best o' working is, it gives you a grip hold o' things outside your own lot.
wise men probability
An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.
strong thinking soul
When the soul is just liberated from the wretched giant's bed of dogmas on which it has been racked and stretched ever since it began to think, there is a feeling of exultation and strong hope.
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.
trying distrust difficult
It is difficult for woman to try to be anything good when she is not believed in.
disappointment suffering faithfulness
But faithfulness can feed on suffering, And knows no disappointment.
dream men vision
Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves.
friendship believe eye
It is hard to believe long together that anything is "worth while," unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.