Famous Quotes by George F Will

“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.”

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

The world has a way of undermining complex plans. This is particularly true in fast-moving environments.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character.

The most interesting things in life happen just on the other side of your comfort zone.

Freedom is not an unlimited license, an unlimited choice, or an unlimited opportunity. Freedom is first and foremost an obligation.

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses.

Populism is anger with a smile.

A society that thinks it can pick a society’s winners and losers through legislation is setting itself up for an ever-increasing dependence on government.

When people say that they don’t want to talk about something, they usually mean that they can’t stop talking about it.

The essence of politics is compromise, not confrontation.

The public has become myopic; it cares less for the longer perspective than it does for the immediate experience.

Sometimes the most consequential moments in life occur at the intersection of time and chance.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit that becomes second nature.

Journalism is about covering important stories — with a pillow, until they stop moving.