Top 100 George Will Quotes
#1. There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles!
John Hancock
#2. Avoidance of lunacy is an insufficient agenda.
-George Will on Ronald Reagan, 3-6-1987
George F. Will
#3. I can see it now: Osama bin Laden goes up to the pearly gates where George Washington comes out, starts beating him and is then joined by 70 other members of the Continental Congress. Osama will say, Hey, wait! Where are my 71 virgins? And George will reply It's 71 Virginians, you asshole!
Robin Williams
#4. I think George Will is somebody that said recently that the Republicans will not lose, as a Republican, that the Republicans will not win the election. I think it was a terrible statement.
Donald Trump
#5. Speaking for George Will, on whose thinking I am world's foremost authority, I say: not necessarily. The heavy hitters do have heavy responsibilities.
George F. Will
#6. There are scores of thousands of human insects who are ready at a moment's notice to reveal the Will of God on every possible subject
George Bernard Shaw
#7. I would caution anyone who thinks the solution is to get out to realize that Iraq will be our problem, whether we're there or not, for years to come. It will not be Vietnam; it will not let us go home and lick our wounds.
George Packer
#8. A combination of the qualities of the scholar, the master cook, the painter, the gastronomer, the sportsman and the pantologist, assisted by the skill of the bookmaker and etcher, will be required to compose the cookbook par excellence.
George Ellwanger
#9. I'm confident as a supporter of same sex marriage, I'm confident that there'll be a yes vote in that plebiscite, and that the parliament will then move very swiftly to implement the will of the people.
George Brandis
#10. Does the thoughtful man suppose that ... the present experiment in civilization is the last world we will see?
George Santayana
#11. The sequester has forced liberals to clarify their conviction that whatever the government's size is at any moment, is the bare minimum neccessary to forestall intolerable suffering.
George Will
#12. I will always treasure the privilege of writing the 'Sports of The Times' column.
George Vecsey
#13. It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.
George Eliot
#14. It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.
George Dennison Prentice
#15. The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own needs. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw
#16. Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
George Washington
#17. Of course, speculation will always make a crisis worse. If there is a weak point, it will expose it.
George Soros
#18. Because of this ever increasing discernment of the true Mason he/she will find more efficient ways to apply brotherly love, relief and truth.
George Washington
#19. A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.
George S. Patton Jr.
#20. The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be those of the film.
George Bernard Shaw
#21. My art is the result of a deeply personal, infinitely complex, and still essentially mysterious, exploration of experience. No words will ever touch it.
George Brecht
#22. Young people, I want to beg of you always keep your eyes open to what Mother Nature has to teach you. By so doing you will learn many valuable things every day of your life.
George Washington Carver
#23. You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of your neighbors if they will let you; and for that reason you must cultivate, not a spirit of criticism, but the talents that attract people to the hearing of the Word.
George MacDonald
#24. This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.
George Will
#25. It is no longer enough to be lusty. One must be a sexual gourmet.
George Will
#26. This will be my grand adventure." "Men die on grand adventures.
George R R Martin
#27. Michael Jackson doesn't really belong on this planet. He's the most important figure in the history of music. He'll be remembered far longer than George Bush will. 200 years from now, people will be talking about Michael Jackson, and no one's going to mention George Bush.
Brett Ratner
#28. Britain is an open and tolerant country, and I will fight with everything I have to keep it so.
George Osborne
#29. One will in two minds, one heart in two bodies, and two bodies in one flesh.
George Pettie
#30. As of today, you do anything that I feel is disrespecting our program in any way, you are gone! From this day forward, everyone will be at practice in uniform as we will either build this program into something or we will destroy it!
George M. Gilbert
#31. The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail.
George Washington
#32. My heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow in love.
George Saunders
#33. As Americans, we want peace - we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.
George W. Bush
#35. The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
George Orwell
#36. If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.
[Freedom of the Park, Tribune, 7 December 1945]
George Orwell
#37. You have nothing to do but mention the quantum theory, and people will take your voice for the voice of science, and belive anything.
George Bernard Shaw
#38. He was one of the fortunate few for whom there simply was no discernible line between work and play, between creation and recreation.
George F. Will
#39. In my dreams, I kill him every night,' Robert admitted. 'A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves'.
George R R Martin
#40. Good biology without good philosophy will be a calamity.
George Will
#41. Here is a paper with which, if I cannot whip Bobbie Lee, I will be willing to go home!
George B. McClellan
#42. In the time that we're here today, more women and children will die violently in the Darfur region than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel or Lebanon. So, after September 30, you won't need the UN - you will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones.
George Clooney
#43. Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.
George Orwell
#44. All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.
George W. Bush
#45. Ann and I will carry out this equivocal message to the world: Markets must be open.
George W. Bush
#46. Life is like a game of whist. I don't enjoy the game much; but I like to play my cards well, and see what will be the end of it.
George Eliot
#47. Better a wrong will than a wavering; better a steadfast enemy than an uncertain friend; better a false belief than no belief at all.
George Eliot
#48. Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them.
George Steinbrenner
#49. I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.
George Meredith
#50. When people talk about how in America, anybody can grow up to be President, I'm not sure George Bush is exactly what they had in mind.
Will Durst
#51. Semicolons ... signal, rather than shout, a relationship ... A semicolon is a compliment from the writer to the reader. It says: "I don't have to draw you a picture; a hint will do."
George Will
#52. A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that.
George Brett
#54. These assumptions lead progressives into other traps: assuming that hard facts will persuade voters, that voters are "rational" and vote in their self-interest and on the issues, and that negating a frame is an effective way to argue against it. 5.
George Lakoff
#55. To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement.
George W Truett
#56. But certain winds will make men's temper bad.
George Eliot
#57. What I say today everybody will say tomorrow, though they will not remember who put it into their heads. Indeed they will be right for I never remember who puts things into my head : it is the Zeitgeist.
George Bernard Shaw
#58. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity. I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than ourselves who creates us equal in His image.
George W. Bush
#59. Always strive to find out what to do by thinking, without asking anybody. If you continually do this, you will soon act like a grown-up woman. For want of doing this, a very great number of grown-up people act like children.
George Bernard Shaw
#60. It is axiomatic: When there is no penalty for failure, failures proliferate.
George Will
#62. I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the age he lives in ... but before he ever begins to write he will have acquired an emotional attitude from which he will never completely escape.
George Orwell
#63. You understand, that you will be fighting in the dark. You will always be in the dark.
George Orwell
#64. Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult Bookstore.
George Carlin
#65. Understanding is the reward of obedience. Obedience is the key to every door. I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary religious being. In the most practical of all matters he will talk and speculate and try to feel, but he will not set himself to do.
George MacDonald
#66. Soap is another article in great demand
the Continental allowance is too small, and dear, as every necessary of life is now got, a soldier's pay will not enable him to purchase, by which means his consequent dirtiness adds not a little to the disease of the Army.
George Washington
#67. Old powers waken. Shadows stir. An age of wonder and terror will soon be upon us, and age for gods and heroes.
George R R Martin
#68. People who write finely must not expect to be left in repose; they will be molested with thanks, at least.
George Eliot
#69. A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of its Tormentor.
George William Curtis
#70. Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.
George Will
#71. To focus on the objective price rather than on the subjective experience of consuming the good itself stabilizes my behvaior toward it.
George Ainslie
#72. It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is.
George Will
#73. If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars.
George William Norris
#74. I ask Liberians to pray so that God will bring peace and stability, and bring about unification to ourselves.
George Weah
#75. How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended.
George Whitefield
#76. You must always, always tell the truth. If you are mad, say so. If someone asks you anything, try to find the exact words to describe what you have to say. If you try to tell the exact truth, always, you will ground yourself, become yourself. The truth connects you. It hooks you back up.
George Hodgman
#78. But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool of you that you will know yourself for one, and so begin to be wise!
George MacDonald
#79. I want my kids to know that they're just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear is they will become ordinary.
Rafe Esquith
#80. We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
George W. Bush
#81. What a man can do and what a man will do are two different things.
George R R Martin
#82. The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.
George Orwell
#83. For what are the whales being killed? For a few hundred jobs and products that are not needed, since there are cheap substitutes. If this continues, it will be the end of living and the beginning of survival. The world is being totaled.
George Schaller
#84. The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.
George Bancroft
#85. A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy till it is doing something for Jesus Christ.
George Whitefield
#86. The more time you spend with God, the more you will resemble Him.
Elizabeth George
#87. Until the time is right, disappear we will.
George Lucas
#88. Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly.
George Will
#89. I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.
George Michael
#90. Good, honest, hardheaded character is a function of the home. If the proper seed is sown there and properly nourished for a few years, it will not be easy for that plant to be uprooted.
George Amos Dorsey
#91. I've been lucky enough to do a few films that will last longer than an opening weekend and those films are the ones I'm proud of.
George Clooney
#92. Form may be of more account than substance. A lens of ice will focus a solar beam to a blaze.
George Iles
#93. The liberal agenda: Being good to liberals
George Will
#94. If you don't drink coffee, I am suspicious of your character and will not invite you to my Italian lake home.
George Clooney
#95. The first election I remember was Dewey Truman in '48. I was, I guess, seven years old.
George Will
#96. From visible habits we make inferences as to the invisible attributes of the soul. Therefore, statecraft is soulcraft.
George F. Will
#97. By preaching the doctrine that nothing is to be admired except steel and concrete, one merely makes it a little surer that human beings will have no outlet for their surplus energy except in hatred and leader worship.
George Orwell
#98. We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental - supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel.
George W. Bush
#99. I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do.
George Shearing
#100. Suppose I could shoot myself in the mouth, but what if I miss? People will laugh at me.
George Carlin
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