Bill Vaughan Quotes
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The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England.
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It's not what's going to happen, but who's coming.
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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.
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I don't think other people in the world would share the view there is mounting chaos.
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In today's retail environment, competition comes from every conceivable retail format. To succeed, we have to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively against players at all levels of the retail demographic. There is no question that this is a bold and exciting move, and one I believe will have a positive impact on competitive retailing for American consumers in the longer term.
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There is a major disaster when a person allows some success to become a stopping place rather than a way station on to a larger goal. It often happens that an early success is a greater moral hazard than an early failure.
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There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influences.
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There's one word that describes baseball - You never know.
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At bank, post office or supermarket, there is one universal law which you ignore at your own peril: the shortest line moves the slowest.
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The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.
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Salinger is a master of the memorable detail, the seemingly random gesture, the debris of mundane daily operations, the stuff that is left out of any analysis.
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The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink, And trust His mercy humbly for the rest.
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Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.
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If all other risk factors are normal, and you exercise moderately, your risk of having high CRP is one in 2000, .. A person who is a little overweight, with blood fats and cholesterol a little elevated, maybe with a little bit of high blood pressure -- we didn't used to think that having several of these little risk factors were a big deal. But it is. These little risk factors add up in a way that is worse for you than one big risk factor.
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What a pity that the only way to heaven is in a hearse.
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I fear the financial crisis of 1998 may become the trade crisis of 1999.
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The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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There is no right by the federal or state constitution to manual recounts. There is no law that says that you must count dimpled ballots, constitutional or otherwise.
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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.
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When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.
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If you're involved in an accident and you're at fault $500,000 may not be enough. Do you really want to lose your house because you failed to spend an extra couple of hundred bucks?
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It is easiest to lose your way in the forest after it is cut.
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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.