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
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!
flower oblivion graves
Oblivion is the flower that grows best on graves.
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.)
freedom thinking silence
You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.
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.
friends ignored neglected
It is always the best friends who are neglected and ignored.
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.
fighting effort causes
When mental sickness increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight against the effects.
stories love-story novel
almost all novels are love stories.
new-horizons horizon historian
Every historian discloses a new horizon.