Bill Vaughan Quotes

He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.

What is a highway to one is a disaster to the other.

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.

How, frequently, some murder'd man appear'd, To tell his wife and children who had done it.

Western audiences can gain an impression of China from my films. This is an excellent channel for promoting China's culture.

I feel so bad about my MBE now that I am going to tie it around my cat.

The politicians of New York...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy

Evil is only of this world. In the other world there is neither good nor evil; all there is, is beaut).

An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.

Virtue lives when Beauty dies.

Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch which the lyre gives back the right note and nothing more, is even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself.

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.

The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter.

Historical investigation and literary criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it a composite human book, written by many hands in different ages.

Representative William McK. Springer, remarks in the House, quoting Henry Clay: As for me, I would rather be right than be President. Reed: Well, the gentleman will never be either.

According to scriptures at least I know the Bible states not to make any permanent marks on your body.

It doesn't set off any alarm bells. As is typical with T. Rowe, no transition comes about abruptly; they tend to be planned pretty well.

It's always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established.. in the heart of the Islamic world.

One advantage to having a kid on the spectrum: they tend to be rule followers. Socially, things are harder for them than most kids.

The Universe knows itself and expands itself through me.

Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.

I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars.

Kids don't talk like adults, but kids on the spectrum don't necessarily fall into the same patterns of speaking or have the same interests as other kids their age.

IF you torture a single chicken and are caught, you're likely to be arrested. If you scald thousands of chickens alive, you're an industrialist who will be lauded for your acumen.

Something larger is happening than just going to heaven.

We tried to be as ready and solid as we could be, ... Filmmaking is always some form of chaos, and to what extent you're able to harness the chaos.

SAP is becoming the standard for business software. Oracle is in a state of chaos.

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

Three or four plays cause the momentum to shift. We turned it over and gave Baylor a cheap score.

I heard that [Clarkson] said some petty things about someone I care deeply about, so I just made some petty remarks 'cause I'm a petty guy.

It sounds bad, but they don't care about your age if you're famous.

A nation has character only when it is free.

The United States grants the favors of the second, third, or fifty-seventh chance, and its citizens remain free to invent for themselves whatever character draws a crowd or pays the rent.

There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.

How meagre one's life becomes when it is reduced to its basic facts. And the last, most complete reduction is on one's tombstone: a name, two dates.

The committee has an obligation to give you a choice. The members have the obligation and the right to make that choice.

The message was, the choices you make can have bad consequences. Everyone has the power of choice. Just like this kid had the power of choice to steal my car.

That game gave us a lot of confidence and the fans something to cheer for.

The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.

Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.

The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay; But in their books, as from their graves they rise. Angels--that, side by side, upon our way, Walk with and warn us!

Sorrows when shared are less burdensome, though joys divided are increased.

It has been preached in every country, taught everywhere, but only believed in by a few, because until we get the experience ourselves, we cannot believe in it.

It is easiest to lose your way in the forest after it is cut.

Sometimes the devil tempts me to believe in God.

Great power constitutes its own argument, and it never has much trouble drumming up friends, applause, sympathetic exegesis, and a band.

Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then ... pick out his brains.

When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.

The fact is that I loved being in England.

I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans.