Most people – and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all – are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.
BILL VAUGHANGod, who prepares His work through ages, accomplishes it when the hour is come, with the feeblest instruments.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
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There is that in the soul of man which must respond to the highest in virtue. It may not respond at once. Human nature can easily be over-faced by examples too remote and austere.
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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People who have little to do are excessive talkers.
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Middle age is when you realize that you’ll never live long enough to try all the recipes you spent thirty years clipping out of newspapers and magazines.
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At bank, post office or supermarket, there is one universal law which you ignore at your own peril: the shortest line moves the slowest.
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Dark windows are often a very clear proof.
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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The great soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry.
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On the one hand, it’s common sense it’s hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.
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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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Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It’s not about kids and their choices. It’s about parents and their choices.
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Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
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Journalism, like history, has no therapeutic value; it is better able to diagnose than to cure, and it provides society with a primitive means of psychoanalysis that allows the patient to judge the distance between fantasy and reality.
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like ‘excuse me’, and other such simple courtesies.
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