Bill Vaughan Quotes
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The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.
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A mission could be defined as an image of a desired state that you want to get to. Once fully seen, it will inspire you to act, fuel your imagination and determine your behavior.
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On the one hand, it's common sense it's hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.
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...the story of a man who saw three fellows laying bricks at a new building: He approached the first and asked, What are you doing? Clearly irritated, the first man responded, What the heck do you think I'm doing? I'm laying these darn bricks! He then walked over to the second bricklayer and asked the same question. The second fellow responded, Oh, I'm making a living. He approached the third bricklayer with the same question, What are you doing? The third looked up, smiled and said, I'm building a cathedral. At the end of the day, who feels better about how he's spent his last eight hours?
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Christmas turns things tail-end foremost. The day and the spirit of Christmas rearrange the world parade. As the world arranges it, usually there come first in importance -- leading the parade with a big blare of a band -- the Big Shots. Frequently they are also the Stuffed Shirts. That's the first of the parade. Then at the tail end, as of little importance, trudge the weary, the poor, the lame, the halt, and the blind. But in the Christmas spirit, the procession is turned around. Those at the tail end are put first in the arrangement of the Child of Christmas.
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No one can bring to God what you can.
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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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The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.
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An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.
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There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.
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The message that underlies healing is simple yet radical: We are already whole.... Underneath our fears and worries, unaffected by the many layers of our conditioning and actions, is a peaceful core. The work of healing is peeling away the barriers of fear that keep us unaware of our true nature of love, peace, and rich interconnection with the web of life. Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.
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What a pity that the only way to heaven is in a hearse.
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A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise.
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Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.
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SAP is becoming the standard for business software. Oracle is in a state of chaos.
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I think second place is always the most difficult one. It's not a nice feeling.
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Winter does adversely affect [the roads] and our roads have been let go, so they're more and more porous. We're going to have to put more and more emphasis on permanent patch and maintenance, so I expect a great deal of roads breaking up in the spring.
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There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
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I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth.
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Sony is a clear leader in the digital camera and camcorder categories. As Sony continues to develop next-generation video and still image capture technologies, the demand for high speed, large capacity, small form factor memory cards will grow as well.
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All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.
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I fear the financial crisis of 1998 may become the trade crisis of 1999.
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Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive. And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.