William Safire
William Safire
William Lewis Safire was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 December 1929
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
foolish fools-and-foolishness
Because that would be foolish politically, and I think there's a lot of practicality going on.
looking perform
She would take it and perform a typographical miracle. It was like looking at an E. E. Cummings page.
career ought party republican sake
For the sake of the country, the conservative cause, the Republican party and even his own long-term career -- he ought to resign.
babies forget phrase shares
The phrase "New World Order" is Bush's baby, even if he shares its popularization with Gorbachev. Forget the Hitler 'new order' root; F.D.R. used the phrase earlier.
humility willing humility-and-modesty
Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
impossible articulation rescue
When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.
media choir used
Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.
english-grammar perfect grammar
Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.
quotation-marks mark quotations
Avoid overuse of 'quotation “marks.”'
home citizens letters
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows."
unique elements flavor
Adjective salad is delicious, with each element contributing its individual and unique flavor; but a puree of adjective soup tastes yecchy.
voice people anarchy
It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.
integrity mean liberty
The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
latin government office
The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.