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
grind my-thoughts
I have no axe to grind; only my thoughts to burnish.
authority tendencies urgent
In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and supersede such as are local or delegated.
motivational perseverance courage
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
past infancy-is history
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
horse focus mind
The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one general scheme, under which it strives to bring everything.
science common-sense perception
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
humility men grace
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.
writing-history needs historian
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
future past welcome
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.
design individuality hobbies
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.
birthday passion pride
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
atheist men insightful
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.
beauty self-esteem mean
Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.
dignity fixed traveler
Before he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel.