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
doe investing lines
If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one's conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.
style trying investing
We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.
country doubt germany
There is no doubt that the countries that now have a very large debt have not introduced the kind of structural reforms that Germany did and are therefore at a disadvantage. But the problem is that this disadvantage is becoming even more pronounced through the punitive policies in place.
world today supremacy
American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
found-someone esperanto language
Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.
mistake moving opportunity
I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.
trends volatility term
Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established
unexpected obvious discounts
Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected
lying trends path
Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object is to recognize the trend whose premise is false, ride that trend and step off before it is discredited.
successful hands leisure
To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
real two trends
Every bubble has two components: something - some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
political debate finding-out-the-truth
Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
marijuana organization dollars
Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.
thinking ideas two
I used to be opposed to the idea of social entrepreneurship. I said let business be business, and philanthropy be philanthropy. Keep the two separate, don't mix it up, and this is what I did, and I did that rather successfully, but I now recognize that actually you do need to mix it up and I think there is room for social entrepreneurship.