Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
BILL VAUGHANThe perfumed spectators are wont to look on, not to join in the struggle, nor to endure the sun, the heat, the dust, and the showers.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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I retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left.
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It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
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You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well.
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As surely as you are a living man, so surely did that spectral anatomy visit my room again last night, grin in my face, and walk away with my trousers: nor was I able to spring from my bed, or break the chain which seemed to bind me to my pillow.
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Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool.
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The Christianity which is shared is the Christianity which is convincing.
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Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.
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Show me the research, show me the results, show me the conclusions – and then show me some qualified peer reviews of all that.
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Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.
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People who have little to do are excessive talkers.
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Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind’s and God’s.
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In the electronic age, books, words and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to justify literature.
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The cold war was an aberration. Note how quickly the Europeans turned on America once 400 hostile divisions were no longer on their borders.
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What the heck do you think I’m doing? I’m laying these darn bricks! He then walked over to the second bricklayer and asked the same question.
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Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive.
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If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.
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By the time you’re eighty years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.
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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
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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.
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The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you’ll be missed if you don’t show up for work.
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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.
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Are there any vegetarians among cannibals?
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The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.
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Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
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Even if you feed the cow cocoa you will not get chocolate.
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Contraries are cured by contraries.
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