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
men greed pennies
A covetous man's penny is a stone.
god fingers fingerprints
The finger of God never leaves identical fingerprints.
weed garden gardener
Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds?
future water-of-life obscurity
Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
forgiveness character citizens
The United States grants the favors of the second, third, or fifty-seventh chance, and its citizens remain free to invent for themselves whatever character draws a crowd or pays the rent.
tombstone two names
How meagre one's life becomes when it is reduced to its basic facts. And the last, most complete reduction is on one's tombstone: a name, two dates.
forever lasts rejoice
There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.
war weapons flaws
Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.
effort deep-thought climbs
You have to climb to reach a deep thought.
election vote
Vote in a national election.
banking grew happens
Our banking system grew byaccident; and wherever something happens byaccident, it becomes a religion.
essence speech opinion
It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.
land california agriculture
In Southern California along the coast, if the only thing you can do with the land is agriculture, it would be substantially less (in value) than property that has almost any other allowable use.
communication turkeys agriculture
I am saying that the recent activities by Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture, particularly the culling and communication work, is good.