Bill Vaughan > Quotes

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old one leaves.”
― Bill Vaughan

“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.”
― Bill Vaughan

“Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem.”
― Bill Vaughan

“A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.”
― Bill Vaughan

“We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.”
― Bill Vaughan

“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees then names the streets after them.”
― Bill Vaughan

“A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.”
― Bill Vaughan

“Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.”
― Bill Vaughan

“It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.”
― Bill Vaughan

“Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.”
― Bill Vaughan

“People learn something every day, and a lot of time it's that what they learned the day before was wrong.”
― Bill Vaughan