William Vaughan Quotations

One trouble with growing older is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure who didn't amount to much when he was your age.

If sports are supposed to be good for you, how come athletes are over the hill at 31?

Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink and wear as good as they used to be.

The modern child, when asked what he learned today, replies, "Nothing, but I gained some meaningful insights.

America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy -- and won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn't be seen dead at.

Not only do the children enjoy these games which involve buying and selling with play money, but they learn an essential ingredient of motivation in our society: greed.

Size isn't everything. The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

In the next century it will be the early mechanical bird which gets the first plastic worm out of the artificial grass.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist it's another nonconformist who does not conform to the prevailing standards of non-conformity.

This is a high-level group, which is probably why I know so few of you.