William Lewis Safire (1929–2009) was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He was perhaps best known as a long-time syndicated political columnist for the New York Times and the author of “On Language” in the New York Times Magazine, a column on popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics from its inception.
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Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.
—William Safire
The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
—William Safire
Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
—William Safire
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