Bill Vaughan Quotes

The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.

The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.

In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.

How men hate waiting while their wives shop for clothes and trinkets; how women hate waiting, often for much of their lives, while their husbands shop for fame and glory.

I don't think other people in the world would share the view there is mounting chaos.

When a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.

God wants us along for the victory, but it is His fight.

In order to pay it's got to be a pretty big winner. But if it's a big hit from a financial standpoint, then next year you've got a very tough comparison.

In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.

The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win.

The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees.

We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour Assures not another. The will and the power Are diverse.

All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast to the ancient landmarks and see to it that all of these plagues that threaten so mightily shall be rendered harmless.

One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero.

Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, 'tis but a hookless bait.

In the next century it will be the early mechanical bird which get the first plastic worm out of the artificial grass.

By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed.

There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influences.

The competition is very stiff. Brian Williams has proved himself as a credible news anchor (at NBC), and Bob Schieffer has done the same (at CBS). But as Peter and Tom (Brokaw) and Dan have always said about the competition, it makes us all better.

I think I can say without fear of contradiction that we could generate sorties at an extremely high level and bring very, very effective air power to bear in support of our troops.

It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back

The Christianity which is shared is the Christianity which is convincing.

Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.

Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law.

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

Earlier research has shown that poor blood flow can damage these parts of the brain. So one theory is that exercise may prevent damage and might even help repair these areas by increasing blood flow.

At bank, post office or supermarket, there is one universal law which you ignore at your own peril: the shortest line moves the slowest.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.

No one can bring to God what you can.

When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.

Familiarity is the most destructive of all iconoclasts.

The contrast between the 1970's and today is very marked.

You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything.

The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.

By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.

Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?

What Strauss is going through drives you nuts. If you care about your batting - which I'm sure he does - he will feel like jumping off a bridge and committing suicide

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.

There are people in many other states who are cheering us.

There is a major disaster when a person allows some success to become a stopping place rather than a way station on to a larger goal. It often happens that an early success is a greater moral hazard than an early failure.

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.