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
doctors dying long-life
It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.
believe book experience
Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
believe thinking world
I believe the world is increasingly in danger of becoming split into groups which cannot communicate with each other, which no longer think of each other as members of the same species.
heart agony organization
Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.
work mean
Work is the means of living, but it is not living.
whales ants fine
The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.
sarcastic fitness sarcasm
Muscles come and go; flab lasts.
nice would-be half
It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
happiness baby fun
A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.
strong greed desire
The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn't matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.
heaven way hardest
Do not ask God the way to heaven; He will show you the hardest way.
success art military
Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win
education learning people
People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong.
new-year fun new-beginnings
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.