"Semicolons . . . signal, rather than shout,……" — George Will
"Semicolons . . . signal, rather than shout, a relationship. . . . A semicolon is a compliment from the writer to the reader. It says: "I don't have to draw you a picture; a hint will do.""
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175 Quotes by George Will
George Will has 175 quotes on this site.
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It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is.
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We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual.
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The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.
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Today it would be progress if everyone would stop talking about values. Instead, let us talk, as the Founders did,…
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We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it…
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The problem with intelligent-design theory, is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable. Not being susceptible…
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Baseball exemplifies a tension in the American mind, the constant pull between our atomistic individualism and our yearning for community.
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Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes
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Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of…
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I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral…
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Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order.
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More Compliment Quotes
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one of 687 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved…
— Victoria Beckham
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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the…
— Mary J. Blige
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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
— Albert Brooks
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Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's…
— Joyce Brothers
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority…
— Samuel Butler
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I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward.…
— Nick Cave
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The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
— Lord Chesterfield
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You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a…
— Tommy Chong
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
— Luc de Clapiers
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As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I…
— Clarence Clemons
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There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.
— Robert Breault
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