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George Will Quotes

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow Picture Quote #1

Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience Picture Quote #1

Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses Picture Quote #1

History is spread across this country as evenly as honey on toast Picture Quote #1

There are no. 400 hitters in Washington Picture Quote #1

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant Picture Quote #1

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Good biology without good philosophy will be a calamity Picture Quote #1

As advertising blather becomes the nation’s normal idiom, language becomes printed noise Picture Quote #1

It is axiomatic: When there is no penalty for failure, failures proliferate Picture Quote #1

Man is messy, but any creature that can create space vehicles can probably cope Picture Quote #1

The more one works, the better one works and the more one wants to work Picture Quote #1

Football is a mistake. It combines two of the worst things about American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings Picture Quote #1

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The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised Picture Quote #1

Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings Picture Quote #1

Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings Picture Quote #1

In years divisible by two we expect the truth to be trashed and decency to be mugged Picture Quote #1

Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness Picture Quote #1

In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their voters Picture Quote #1

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Invariably, it is this for which I write: the joy... of an argument firmly made, like a nail straightly driven, its head flush to the plank Picture Quote #1

Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of rules that protect the integrity of competition. Records are worth recording, and worth striving to surpass, because they serve as benchmarks of excellence achieved under the pressure of competition Picture Quote #1

The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain things are impermissible, no matter how large and fervent a majority might want them Picture Quote #1

What the federal government does basically is borrow money from people and mail it to people Picture Quote #1

When a politician says, concerning an issue involving science, that the debate is over, you may be sure the debate is rolling on and not going swimmingly for his side Picture Quote #1

Few things are as stimulating as other people’s calamities observed from a safe distance Picture Quote #1

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Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it Picture Quote #1

A politician’s words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience Picture Quote #1

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good Picture Quote #1

If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be gone Picture Quote #1

A decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life Picture Quote #1

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early Picture Quote #1

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Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow (George Will Quotes) Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience (George Will Quotes) Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses (George Will Quotes) History is spread across this country as evenly as honey on toast (George Will Quotes) There are no. 400 hitters in Washington (George Will Quotes) This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant (George Will Quotes) Good biology without good philosophy will be a calamity (George Will Quotes) As advertising blather becomes the nation’s normal idiom, language becomes printed noise (George Will Quotes) It is axiomatic: When there is no penalty for failure, failures proliferate (George Will Quotes) Man is messy, but any creature that can create space vehicles can probably cope (George Will Quotes) The more one works, the better one works and the more one wants to work (George Will Quotes) Football is a mistake. It combines two of the worst things about American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings (George Will Quotes) The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised (George Will Quotes) Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings (George Will Quotes) Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings (George Will Quotes) In years divisible by two we expect the truth to be trashed and decency to be mugged (George Will Quotes) Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness (George Will Quotes) In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their voters (George Will Quotes) Invariably, it is this for which I write: the joy... of an argument firmly made, like a nail straightly driven, its head flush to the plank (George Will Quotes) Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of rules that protect the integrity of competition. Records are worth recording, and worth striving to surpass, because they serve as benchmarks of excellence achieved under the pressure of competition (George Will Quotes) The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain things are impermissible, no matter how large and fervent a majority might want them (George Will Quotes) What the federal government does basically is borrow money from people and mail it to people (George Will Quotes) When a politician says, concerning an issue involving science, that the debate is over, you may be sure the debate is rolling on and not going swimmingly for his side (George Will Quotes) Few things are as stimulating as other people’s calamities observed from a safe distance (George Will Quotes) Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it (George Will Quotes) A politician’s words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience (George Will Quotes) Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good (George Will Quotes) If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be gone (George Will Quotes) A decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life (George Will Quotes) Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early (George Will Quotes)

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