William F. Buckley (November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative author and commentator. “Conservative” might be putting it a bit lightly. It has been stated that Buckley was “arguably the most important public intellectual in the United States in the past half century.” I doubt he would be pleased with the current left-leaning of our nation.
“I find it easier to believe in God than to believe Hamlet was deduced from the molecular structure of a mutton-chop.”
“Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.”
“Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.”
“To fail to experience gratitude when walking through the corridors of the Metropolitan Museum, when listening to the music of Bach or Beethoven, when exercising our freedom to speak, or … to give, or withhold, our assent, is to fail to recognize how much we have received from the great wellsprings of human talent and concern that gave us Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, our parents, our friends. We need a rebirth of gratitude for those who have cared for us, living and, mostly, dead. The high moments of our way of life are their gifts to us. We must remember them in our thoughts and in our prayers; and in our deeds.”
Amen to that last one especially.
Moments with Miller 