WIST Quotations

Vaughan, Bill -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Last Saturday morning, I concluded that there is nothing harder to find than a bottle of pancake syrup reshelved six inches away from its accustomed spot.

William E. "Bill" Vaughan (1915-1977) American columnist, humorist [pseud. Burton Hillis]
(Attributed)

Vaughan, Bill -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

There’s a mighty big difference between good, sound reasons and reasons that sound good.

William E. "Bill" Vaughan (1915-1977) American columnist, humorist [pseud. Burton Hillis]
(Attributed)

Vaughan, Bill -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

William E. "Bill" Vaughan (1915-1977) American columnist, humorist [pseud. Burton Hillis]
(Attributed)

Vaughan, Bill -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000

We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.

William E. "Bill" Vaughan (1915-1977) American columnist, humorist [pseud. Burton Hillis]
(Attributed)

Vaughan, Bill -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

William E. "Bill" Vaughan (1915-1977) American columnist, humorist [pseud. Burton Hillis]
(Attributed)

Vaughan, Bill -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000

A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a $300 set of swings as it does out of finding a small green caterpillar.

William E. "Bill" Vaughan (1915-1977) American columnist, humorist [pseud. Burton Hillis]
(Attributed)