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
humorous air-travel airplanes-and-flying
I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.
twelve dollars birth
When I was born I owed twelve dollars.
home people house
You've heard of people living in a fool's paradise? Well, Leonora has a duplex there.
christmas business books-and-movies
You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Claus!
home doctors medicine
The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine.
mistake responsibility judging
History will look back, and I'm fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration, because the president makes the decisions, the president has to take the responsibility.
humor decision political
Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
ambition humor political
I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.
responsibility decision looks
I have made a lot of tactical decisions that historians will look back and say: He shouldn't have done that. He shouldn't have made that decision. And I'll take responsibility for them. I'm human.
humor dangerous-world political
When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there.
reading humor political
Reading is the basics for all learning.
learning presidential important
Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do.
president alive wells
I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas. --George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007
humor thinking past
I think we agree, the past is over.