With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it.

About George Will

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George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is an American libertarian conservative writer and political commentator. He writes columns for The Washington Post on a regular basis and provides commentary for NewsNation. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America". Will won the...

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

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.

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

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More quotations tagged with “excellence”

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

—Winston Churchill

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

—Shana Alexander

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word—excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

—Publilius Syrus

History

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