Comments on: A William F. Buckley Jr. Sampler

By: Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Thursday Highlights

Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Thursday Highlights — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:18:25 +0000

[...] Two for WFB, his desk (I have sympathy as I struggle with the messy desk “thing”) and some quotes. [...]

By: archangel

archangel — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:23:12 +0000

Nice way to tribute. Thanks Shaun.

dr.e

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:39:06 +0000

It's a good quote, CS, but Reality and I are still Waiting For Christine.

By: Idiosyncrat

Idiosyncrat — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:48:12 +0000

Shame… They really don't make 'em like this anymore. Buckley was one of those rare creatures whom I could vehemently disagree but still thoroughly enjoy his prose. Nowadays, it's mostly the opposite with today's screamers — difficulty listening evening when I agree with them.

By: CStanley

CStanley — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:42:23 +0000

The “Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive” one is my fav, and it's apropos to the discussion that cosmo and I were having in another thread. (I should've known that Bill would have had a quote that made my point better than I could have phrased it.)

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:12:17 +0000

'Conservatives stand athwart history and yell STOP!'

Not a direct quote, but a paraphrase of what he oft claimed.

By: shaun

shaun — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:53:30 +0000

Cosmo:

Buckley quotes are all over the intertubes.

By: invadesoda

invadesoda — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:25:33 +0000

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling “Stop!”
I always thought of this sentiment as a bit of a slander against conservativism.

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:22:13 +0000

Where'd you dig these up, Shaun?