One must seem to hear the unreasonable demands of the petulant, unmoved, and the tedious details of the dull, untired. That is the least price that a man must pay for a high station.
BILL VAUGHANOne must seem to hear the unreasonable demands of the petulant, unmoved, and the tedious details of the dull, untired. That is the least price that a man must pay for a high station.
BILL VAUGHANDread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
BILL VAUGHANSomeday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
BILL VAUGHANA nation has character only when it is free.
BILL VAUGHANEvery time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there?
BILL VAUGHANThe Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won’t take it, but somebody always does.
BILL VAUGHANOne of the most gracious dispensations of God concerning His saints is their lovely unawareness of sanctity. The nearer they move to Him, the more conscious are they of sin.
BILL VAUGHANIf you’re involved in an accident and you’re at fault $500,000 may not be enough. Do you really want to lose your house because you failed to spend an extra couple of hundred bucks?
BILL VAUGHANAmerican culture has always known success, not suffering, so we’ve never known what to do with this part of the Bible.
BILL VAUGHANI’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.
BILL VAUGHANA third, of more extensive learning, ran To Sir George Villiers’ Ghost, and Mrs. Veal; Of sheeted Spectres spoke with shorten’d breath, And thrice he quoted Drelincourt on Death.
BILL VAUGHANThe 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.
BILL VAUGHANMuscles come and go; flab lasts.
BILL VAUGHANA real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
BILL VAUGHANYour thoughts are making you.
BILL VAUGHANIt’s never safe to be nostalgic about something until you’re absolutely certain there’s no chance of its coming back
BILL VAUGHAN