Sir, I may not have been always a Christian, but I am very sure that I have been a gentleman. Bill Vaughan More Quotes by Bill Vaughan More Quotes From Bill Vaughan I feel so bad about my MBE now that I am going to tie it around my cat. Bill Vaughan catenglandties Where God is, all agree. Bill Vaughan agreegod The surest way of making a dupe is to let your victim suppose you are his. Bill Vaughan dupesdeceitway 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. Bill Vaughan hazardsgoalsuccess I have the students for six hours a day. The community has them for 18 hours, plus prenatal and early childhood. I don't believe the schools create (the achievement gap), but our responsibility is not to add to it. We won't eliminate the gap until the community makes education a priority, but the schools can't wait for the community to do its part. Bill Vaughan communicationbelieveschool In order to pay it's got to be a pretty big winner. But if it's a big hit from a financial standpoint, then next year you've got a very tough comparison. Bill Vaughan payorderyears I certainly hope the strengths and values of this country hold up to comparison to other cultures. Bill Vaughan comparisonother-culturescountry I think the common elements first are that, basically, we are entering markets or in markets that are deregulating or have recently deregulated, and so they have become competitive, moving from monopoly franchise-type businesses to competitive, market-oriented businesses. Bill Vaughan competitionmovingthinking 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. Bill Vaughan playerbelievemoving The competition is very stiff. Brian Williams has proved himself as a credible news anchor (at NBC), and Bob Schieffer has done the same (at CBS). But as Peter and Tom (Brokaw) and Dan have always said about the competition, it makes us all better. Bill Vaughan nbcanchorscompetition Rarely has a people paid the lavish compliment and taken the subtle revenge of turning its oppressor's speech into sorcery. Bill Vaughan takenrevengepeople 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. Bill Vaughan constitutionmonthsviews There are some communities that feel you shouldn't give them the publicity, because it's just going to make people curious. There are communities who feel we need to fight them tooth and nail. What we have seen, though, is that ignoring them does not make them go away. If we sit back and let them have free reign, we lose members of our community. Bill Vaughan communicationfightingpeople 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. Bill Vaughan common-sensehandspeople I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong. Bill Vaughan carecommitmentthinking 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. Bill Vaughan issuesdifferencesstrong 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. Bill Vaughan bandtailschildren It may be asserted without scruple, that no otherclass of dependants have had their character so entirely distorted from its natural proportions by their relations with their masters. Bill Vaughan mayclasscharacter The same sun that melts butter hardens clay. Bill Vaughan claysun How men hate waiting while their wives shop for clothes and trinkets; how women hate waiting, often for much of their lives, while their husbands shop for fame and glory. Bill Vaughan husbandhatemen
