Bill Vaughan
Bill Vaughan
William E.Vaughanwas an American columnist and author. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he wrote a syndicated column for the Kansas City Star from 1946 until his death in 1977. He was published in Reader's Digest and Better Homes and Gardens under the pseudonym Burton Hillis. He attended Washington University in St. Louis...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth8 October 1915
CountryUnited States of America
congratulations pressure dissent
The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.
music real
There is no real coming and going, For what is going but coming?
men lines clarity
The clarity of gender makes possible the human dialectic. Let the lines of balanced tension go slack and the structure dissolves into the ooze of androgyny and narcissism.
power band drumming
Great power constitutes its own argument, and it never has much trouble drumming up friends, applause, sympathetic exegesis, and a band.
power hands ties
Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then ... pick out his brains.
believe civilization luxury
Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven!
ants pleasure thee
After carrying and collecting like the ant, Enjoy-before the grave worm devours thee.
distance mean reality
Journalism, like history, has no therapeutic value; it is better able to diagnose than to cure, and it provides society with a primitive means of psychoanalysis that allows the patient to judge the distance between fantasy and reality.
noble-deeds steps noble
I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God.
real myth collision
When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.
beautiful running sex
The fly runs toward the fire or lamp, thinking that it is a flower, and gets burnt up. Even so, the passionate man runs towards a false beautiful form, thinking that he can obtain real happiness, and gets burnt up in the fire of lust.
running men mirrors
Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.
lust enemy
The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.
vegetarian cannibal
Are there any vegetarians among cannibals?