George F. Will Quotes (9 Quotes)

We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life.

The more one works, the better one works and the more one wants to work.

Recently the country has seen too much of our legislators, seeing them as a gaggle of check-kiting, judge-smearing deadbeats who don't pay their restaurant bills but raise their pay in the middle of the night. Many Americansthis columnist includedhitherto said tax increases are justified by the budget deficit now say Give that mob more money Never. Not a nickel of new taxes until term limits change the political culture on Capital Hill.

Libertarian presidential candidate Andre Marrous idea is that 'government power is opposed to individual liberty.' Must we still debate such sophomoric notions... Besides, liberty, although very important, is not the only value.

Hyperbole expands in societies where articulateness atrophies.

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

The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur strong men to increased exertions, but can break the spirit of others -- this gap is the most conspicuous, continuous land mark in American history. It is conspicuous and continuous not because Americans achieve little, but because they dream grandly. The gap is a standing reproach to Americans but it marks them off as a special and singularly admirable community among the world's peoples.