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
differences sound reason
There is a mighty big difference between good sound reasons and reasons that sound good.
basketball stars growing-up
Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.
fun men serenity
The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.
political doe cookies
The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.
groundhog-day prophet disappear
The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.
funny witty elderly
By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.
home world wonderful
The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
funny money educational
Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.
sports discipline would-be
Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else.
movie stars thinking
I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.
would-be television cop
Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
atheist
Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?
adversity pleasure knows
He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.
eye veils conceit
The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.