Quotes from Bill Vaughan

A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and sentiments.

The clarity of gender makes possible the human dialectic. Let the lines of balanced tension go slack and the structure dissolves into the ooze of androgyny and narcissism.

A covetous man's penny is a stone.

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.

The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.

Pouter, tumbler, and fantail are from the same source; The racer and hack may be traced to one Horse; So men were developed from monkeys of course, Which nobody can deny.

Every man seeks the truth, but God only knows who has found it.

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.

Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.

The wise individual doesn't get too attached to any of life's pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it's bad for him.

Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven!

God, who prepares His work through ages, accomplishes it when the hour is come, with the feeblest instruments.

I am saying that the recent activities by Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture, particularly the culling and communication work, is good.

Man has learned to fly like the birds. Now all he has to do is work out how to do it quietly.

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

Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, 'tis but a hookless bait.

Despatch is the soul of business.

It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back

In addition to wreaking havoc on our bodies, anger close our inner door, making us feel isolated and distrustful, hindering communication.

If we have confidence in our own beliefs, we should not fear freedom of thought.

Remembrance of death saves one from this world's deceit.

The 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.

We pursue that which retreats from us.