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
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?
people matter easy
The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter.
country presidential voting
An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.
tyrants forever doe
A tyrant does not remain in the world; But the curse on him abides forever!
truth men found
Every man seeks the truth, but God only knows who has found it.
travel cutting way
It is easiest to lose your way in the forest after it is cut.
thinking
Think before you think!
years law people
The Democratic leadership has expressed great concern for the incarceration rate in the commonwealth in the last few years. Now they want to fill the prisons up with people who would violate the merit law, a law that's been proven to be ambiguous at best and impossible to understand at worst.