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
football school track
I played football and ran track in junior high, but by high school I was getting serious about my studies.
thinking details needs
I think we all want to know where we came from and how we fit into the world, but some of us need to know how it all works in great detail.
parent mathematics interest
Both my parents instilled an interest in science and mathematics.
simple perspective someday
But every day I go to work I'm making a bet that the universe is simple, symmetric, and aesthetically pleasing—a universe that we humans, with our limited perspective, will someday understand.
christian doubt bangs
There is no doubt that a parallel exists between the big bang as an event and the Christian notion of creation from nothing.
events bangs imagine
The big bang, the most cataclysmic event we can imagine, on closer inspection appears finely orchestrated.
men hands want
When a poor man, hungry and unseeing because his eyesight is failing, grabs me and starts begging, I feel the Nazi in myself. I abhor this man, and I want him to keep his hands off me.
degradation remember film
The audience too should be respected by being presented with a film as they remember it, and for those who have not seen it, as it was intended to be seen. Anything less is a degradation of the film and its audience.
might scandal
I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.
men want fine
It's fine if you want a system that shows a boa constrictor to better advantage than a man.
creative wonderful life-is
My life is cluttered with the most wonderful memorabilia. And wonderful creative experiences.
thinking lines i-can
For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other than the very start.
admitting care guests
When a guest blogger can't even be bothered sharing their own post on their social networks; they're pretty much admitting 'I don't care about this post, and I don't want to be associated with it'. In the end these guests posts are just another form of spam.
arrogance brutality fierce
I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.