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
littles towns plague
Gossiping is the plague of little towns.
ungrateful feelings ignorant
The masses are still ungrateful or ignorant. They prefer murder, poisonings, and crimes generally to a literature possessed of style and feeling.
progress treasure language
... the progress of the language has caused us to lose many old treasures. It is thus with all progress, and one must make the best of it.
ambition mad done
My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained obscure; I have done worse -- I have touched success, and allowed it to escape me.
obstacles made evident
To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!
experience too-late lessons
The lessons of experience are always learned too late.
humanity life-is vain
...Je n’ai pas cessé de l’être si c’est d’être jeune que d’aimer toujours !... L’humanité n’est pas un vain mot. Notre vie est faite d’amour, et ne plus aimer c’est ne plus vivre." (I have never ceased to be young, if being young is always loving... Humanity is not a vain word. Our life is made of love, and to love no longer is to live no longer.)
punishment misery prosperity
death must no longer be either the penalty for prosperity or the consolation of misery. God did not destine it to be either the punishment or the compensation for life ...
sublime storm genius
The life of great geniuses is nothing but a sublime storm.
friendship real writing
You don't have to write to me if you don't feel like it. There's no real friendship without absolute freedom.
vow marriage-vows absurdity
The marriage vow is an absurdity imposed by society.
stories love-story novel
almost all novels are love stories.
new-horizons horizon historian
Every historian discloses a new horizon.
leadership light torches
It is high time that we had lights that are not incendiary torches.