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
fun home names
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
creating people taxation
The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.
funny happiness witty
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.
country couple father
My father asserted that there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment.... There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.
baseball hiking fit
As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit - and parking as close to the stadium as possible.
real wish looks
Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance.
father men
Men are more like the time they live in than they are like their fathers.
god soul thrones
The great soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry.
ocean understanding frogs
You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well.
real 4th-of-july patriotic
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
hilarious gratitude picnics
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.
baseball umpires jockeys
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.
army answers needed
Maybe the answer to Selective Service is to start everyone off in the army and draft them for civilian life as needed.
pride thinking conceit
One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.