It is an old baseball joke that big-inning baseball is affirmed in the Bible, in Genesis. "In the big inning, God created... — George Will Copy Share Image
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes,… — George Will Copy Share Image
There is an aura of changelessness to sport. There is the flux of competition, but it occurs within the ordering confinement of… — George Will Copy Share Image
Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is… — George Will Copy Share Image
Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage,… — George Will Copy Share Image
Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a… — George Will Copy Share Image
I just got hooked on the radio, the voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America, if you will.… — George Will Copy Share Image
In a nation committed to better living through chemistry - where Viagra-enabled men pursue silicone-contoured women - the national pastime has a… — George Will Copy Share Image
The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice… — George Will Copy Share
A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience. — George Will Copy Share
As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards. — George Will Copy Share
Hart is still like that little tub of vaguely milklike gunk that comes with airline coffee. It is labeled a "nondairy" product. Fine: we… — George Will Copy Share
The realistic way to reduce the amount of money in politics is to reduce the amount of politics in money -- the importance of… — George Will Copy Share
It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests… — George Will Copy Share
Greek philosophers considered sport a religious and civic-in a word, moral-undertaking. Sport, they said, is morally serious because mankind's noblest aim is the loving… — George Will Copy Share
The cultivation - even celebration - of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture… — George Will Copy Share
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their… — George Will Copy Share
“Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.” — George Will Copy Share
I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt… — George Will Copy Share
The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of america is justice and securing the blessings of liberty. — George Will Copy Share
Freedom is not only the absence of external restraints. It is also the absence of irresistible internal compulsions, unmanageable passion, and uncensorable highlights. — George Will Copy Share
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