George Will Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old George Will quotes, George Will sayings, and George Will proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. George Will
One radical free spirit nonconformist is pretty much like another. George Will
The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. George Will
Good biology without good philosophy will be a calamity. George Will
Nationalism is blamed for this century's wars, but nationalism need not mean militarism. And the nation-state has been the laboratory of liberty. George Will
Correct thinkers think that 'baseball trivia' is an oxymoron: nothing about baseball is trivial. George Will
A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience. George Will
Corporations do not pay taxes, they collect them, passing the burden to consumers as a cost of production. And corporate taxation is a feast of rent-seeking - a cornucopia of credits, exemptions and other subsidies conferred by the political class on favored, and grateful, corporations. George Will
The Soviet Union tried for 70 years to plant Marxism with bayonets in Eastern Europe. Today there are more Marxists on the Harvard faculty than there are in Eastern Europe. George Will
The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can, but enjoys no superior right of access. George Will
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal. George Will
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind. George Will
The phrase domestic cat is an oxymoron. George Will
General Douglas MacArthur said that every military defeat can be explained by to words: too late. 'Too late in anticipating danger; too late in preparing for it; too late in taking action.' George Will
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout Bang. George Will
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. George Will
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind. George Will

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