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30 quotes by William Safire

William Safire Safire receiving the 2006 Presidential Medal of Freedom Born William Lewis Safir (1929-12-17)December 17, 1929 New York City, New York, U.S. Died September 27, 2009(2009-09-27) (aged 79) Rockville, Maryland, U.S. Occupation Author, columnist, lexicographer, journalist, and political speechwriter Nationality American Genre Non-fiction Subject Politics Spouse Helene Belmar Julius William Lewis Safire (/ˈsæfaɪər/; December 17,...
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The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

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Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

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If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.

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When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

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Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

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Never assume the obvious is true.

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To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

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I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know.

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Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a... →

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Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our... →

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I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.

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I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.

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What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought from academia to... →

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