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
perfection achievement pursuit
The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory.
work character perfection
The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.
ability continue hurt minimize perfection
We know that they will continue to plan, ... We know that they will hurt us again. We have to minimize, we have to minimize, we have to minimize their ability to do so because there is no perfection in this business.
falls mortals perfection share
Perfection falls not to the share of mortals
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I have a 100 individual memories of the beauty of John's play. One stands out for the sheer perfection of his skill. It was a charity match which, but for that one second, has faded completely from my memory. The ball came to him at speed on a wet, slippery surface but with the slightest of adjustments, one that was almost imperceptible, he played it inside a full-back and into the path of an on-running winger. I looked at our coach Dave Sexton on the bench and he caught my glance and shook his head as if to say 'fantastic'. Haynes could give you goose bumps on a wet night in a match that didn't matter.
government perfection progress
We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.
children perfection evening
We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted to a happier clime.
fall perfection human-nature
We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.
perfection world lasts
And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to Mankind, had this day been wanting, the World had never seen the last stage of perfection to which human nature is capable of attaining.
beauty perfection missing
The habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shortcomings of things, our sense, hungry for complete satisfaction, misses the perfection it demands.
perfection doe libertarian
The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism.
perfection unattainable improvement
The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
perfection barbers
No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.
thinking perfection soul
Atheism ... that bugbear of women and fools ... is the very top and perfection of free-thinking. It is the grand arcanum to which a true genius naturally riseth, by a certain climax or gradation of thought, and without which he can never possess his soul in absolute liberty and repose.