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
truth half dull
It is the way with half the truth amidst which we live, that it only haunts us and makes dull pulsations that are never born into sound.
patience philosophy wrath
There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived when you feel that justice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy.
memories mind cobwebs
Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
memories facts sometimes
Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile.
memories water littles
To an old memory like mine the present days are but as a little water poured on the deep.
wisdom history-repeats-itself repeating-history
History repeats itself.
religious lying religion
I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.
thinking empathy tables
If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me come and sit down and rejoice with you, because you'd think I should to share those good things; but I should better to share in your trouble and your labour.
lying track arrogance
The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
growth sap bud
Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us; there have been many circulation of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud.
spring passion first-love
Among all the many kinds of first love, that which begins in childish companionship is the strongest and most enduring: when passion comes to unite its force to long affection, love is at its spring-tide.
heart forbidden-love needs
It is a wonderful subduer, this need of love-this hunger of the heart-as peremptory as that other hunger by which Nature forces us to submit to the yoke, and change the face of the world.
best-friend determination home
Doesn't this quote just call up feelings of comfort and home? Comparing friendship to the nest a bird lives in and builds with loving determination reminds me that having a solid relationship takes work and dedication. And yet, when you succeed in crafting a friendship, you can rest in the comfort it provides.
luxury mind rooms
In poor Rosamond's mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.