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Quotes by Bill Vaughn

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

“If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, its another nonconformist who doesnt conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.”

“The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.”

“We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.”

“A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but wont cross the street to vote in a national election”

“The tax collector must love poor people - hes creating so many of them”

“Youth is when youre allowed to stay up late on New Years Eve. Middle age is when youre forced to.”

“It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.”

“People learn something every day, and a lot of times its that what they learned the day before was wrong.”

“Money wont buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem”