George Will Quotes

Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.

George Will

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
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  • Birth: May 4, 1941

Topics

IgnoranceDisappointmentControlWhom

An editor named Kerrie Hughes wanted me to write a short story that brought my fire-spider Smudge from my goblin books into the present-day world. I came up with libriomancy as a way to make that happen.

Jim C. Hines

MeWorldStoryShortWayWrite

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together.

Jesse Jackson

GoodLiveTogetherLearnLessonHow

The fans have been great, they've stuck with me through a lot of hit-less years and I think they were as determined as I was that it was time to put an end to the lack of hits.

John Otway

GreatTimeMeThinkEndDetermined

I recognise that fishing is perhaps not the most high-employment industry in this country, but it's a symbol of what we lost when we entered the E.U.: control over national resources that, if we retained them, we could have husbanded in our interest and, indeed, in the interest of others.

Michael Gove

FishingControlCountryLostOthers

Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as stakeholders in the well being of society as well.

Simon Mainwaring

SocietyThinkNeedShareholdersUsed

I'd say, for me, it's cooking that gives me a space beyond music. I love food. And somehow, music and food go together so well. Cooking is very therapeutic. That preparation, the fragrance of spices, the wafting aromas - it just sweeps aside my depression, tiredness and name what you may.

Shreya Ghoshal

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I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

Robert Downey, Jr.

ConfidencePowerMoving ForwardThink

Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

Rob Lowe

AttentionWayNeedAlwaysCatch

I've been treated beautifully wherever I've gone, and I really think we all want to love each other.

Luis Alberto Urrea

LoveThinkWantWhereverGoneBeen

I don't care about fashion at all.

Juergen Teller

FashionCareAbout

We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we don't need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isn't as nice here so there's no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles.

Denise Mina

FamilyFoodPeopleGoNiceNeed

As a seven-year-old, I remember when Etan Patz disappeared and was immortalized as the first missing-child face on a milk carton.

Chelsea Cain

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