Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures. — William F. Buckley, Jr Discipline Copy Share Image
Everything I do and say and the way I do and say it annoys me. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for. — William F. Buckley, Jr Arrogance Copy Share Image
People are beginning to wish that the voters had been given breathometer tests when they voted in the present government. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten… — William F. Buckley, Jr Dollars Copy Share Image
Friendship is strengthened by...that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
“How can one deduce the cause of "Hamlet" or "Saint Matthew's Passion"? What is the cause of inspiration? ” — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a… — William F. Buckley, Jr Boston Copy Share Image
They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to… — William F. Buckley, Jr Ancestor Copy Share Image
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are… — William F. Buckley, Jr Europe Copy Share Image
I am, I fully grant, a phenomenon, but not because of any speed in composition. I asked myself the other day, "Who… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Marijuana is not much more difficult to obtain than beer. The reason for this is that a liquor store selling beer to… — William F. Buckley, Jr Beer Copy Share Image
I grew up, as reported, in a large family of Catholics without even a decent ration of tentativeness among the lot of… — William F. Buckley, Jr Catholic Copy Share Image
Christianity finds all its doctrines stated in the Bible, and Christianity denies no part, nor attempts to add anything to the Word… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Those who suffer from the abuse of drugs have themselves to blame for it. This does not mean that society is absolved… — William F. Buckley, Jr Abuse Copy Share Image
In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . .… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
A capitalist is someone who derives a substantial share of his income from his equity in producing companies. On this scale the… — William F. Buckley, Jr American people Copy Share Image
Socialize the individual's surplus and you socialize his spirit and creativeness. — William F. Buckley, Jr Creativeness Copy Share Image
It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target! — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise. — William F. Buckley, Jr Business Copy Share Image
Did you know that forty percent of the words used by Shakespeare were used by him only once? — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
The Beatles are not merely awful. I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are godawful. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
What was wrong with communism wasn't aberrant leadership, it was communism. — William F. Buckley, Jr Communism Copy Share Image
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. — William F. Buckley, Jr Assertive Copy Share Image
Kennedy after all has lots of glamour - Gregory Peck with an atom bomb in his holster. — William F. Buckley, Jr Atom bomb Copy Share Image
One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
When it is not possible to reason with holy warriors, it is necessary to immobilize them or crush them. — William F. Buckley, Jr Crush Copy Share Image
I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies. — William F. Buckley, Jr Fair Copy Share Image
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house. — William F. Buckley, Jr Academic Copy Share Image
Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
