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
writing firsts notes
In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note.
music tired years
I always tell people, it took me 10 minutes and 35 years in the business. I get tired of playing it ["Lullaby of Birdland"], but not of collecting the royalties.
music dog people
When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and in a previous life I was Johann Sebastian Bach's guide dog.
exercise way taste
Learn the rules and then break them in such a way as to exercise good taste.
sleep inspire sound
Vain empty words / Of honour, glory and immortal fame, / Can these recall the spirit from its place, / Or re-inspire the breathless clay with life? / What tho' your fame with all its thousand trumpets, / Sound o'er the sepulchres, will that awake / The sleeping dead.
suicidal brave coward
When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.
fear guilt pay
Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.
country economy ends
In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.
sports athlete ruth
Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
player class four
David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players
oscars roger economy
I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'
hate i-hate loses
I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.
determination intelligent men
Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them.
tradition protect
When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.