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
chance discouragement
Discouragement seizes us only when we can no longer count on chance.
stupid believe law
You, stupid one, who believe in laws which punish murder by murder ...
children men competition
A child motivated by competitive ideals will grow into a man without conscience, shame, or true dignity.
thinking misunderstood want
... when we are misunderstood it is always our own fault. What the reader wants most of all is to be able to grasp what we think; but you loftily refuse to comply.
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.
regret struggle heart
Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?
stupid people mind
If people were not wicked I should not mind their being stupid; but, to our misfortune, they are both.
believe i-believe mortal-sin
I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being...
cells roaming genius
Genius, whether locked up in a cell or roaming at large, is always solitary ...
exercise brain tools
The brain is a tool that gets rusty without constant, albeit moderate, exercise.
sex serious creation
Sex is the most respectable and holy thing in all creation, the most serious act in life.
sacrifice mind earth
And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.
art light vocation
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.
lucky masterpiece
Masterpieces are only lucky attempts.