Quotes About Vann

To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.

To help all created things, that is the measure of our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.

Vann also came to realize something else. As offensive as the lack of cultural awareness in the office was, part of that deficit was his own. They didn't understand him, but he didn't understand them, either.

Then the Yo-Yo was coming around again, and Vann Larch was saying, "Gehenna with this fooling around! I'll fix the expurgated unprintability!

Vic interrupted. "Vann, Tim here was telling me about your wonderful talent, the one with dogs?" He turned back to me, nodding with a great deal of enthusiasm. "In my free time, I teach dogs how to talk. I use mental telepathy and can get them to say words like hello, squirrel, and hamburger." •

So all of it—local and archived data—went up with the lab building." Vann glanced over to me with an expression that I suspect meant these people were sloppy.

I had read the official reports. I knew by then that official reports were never enough to explain John Vann. There was always more to his story.