Quotes by George F. Will

“The phrase domestic cat is an oxymoron.”

“Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue.”

“Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow.”

“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.”

“Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.”

“A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible lifestyles turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.”

“Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.”

“The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.”

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

“Socialism, born and raised in France, is unpersuasive even to the promiscuously persuadable French.”

“Serious sport is war minus the shooting.”

“What greater gift than the love of a cat?”

“No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.”

“You cant look at a sleeping cat and be tense”

“If you seek Hamiltons monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamiltons country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.”

“Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.”

“Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years ago... The government should deconstitutionalize the subject by repealing the embarrasing Amendment.”

“American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture the flag. The party that loses the flag, as the Democratic party did basically from 1972 through the Iran hostage crisis, is in trouble.”

“Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and the shape of the modern world, turned on the free choices of remarkably few Americans defying an empire”

“Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.”