George Frederick Will is a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author.
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“Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow.”
George F. Will
“Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.”
“The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.”
“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.”
“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.”
“American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture the flag. The party that loses the flag, as the Democratic party did basically from 1972 through the Iran hostage crisis, is in trouble.”
“Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.”
“You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”
“The Berlin Wall is the defining achievement of socialism”
“Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.”