Burton Hillis Quote

I'm not convinced that the world is in any worse shape than it ever was. It's just that in this age of almost instantaneous communication we bear the weight of problems our forefathers only read about after they were solved.

Burton Hillis

I'm not convinced that the world is in any worse shape than it ever was. It's just that in this age of almost instantaneous communication we bear the weight of problems our forefathers only read about after they were solved.

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About Burton Hillis

William E. Vaughan (October 8, 1915 – February 25, 1977) was an American columnist and author. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he wrote a syndicated column for the Kansas City Star from 1946 until his death in 1977. He was published in Reader's Digest and Better Homes and Gardens under the pseudonym Burton Hillis. He attended Washington University in St. Louis.
He is known and still quoted decades later for his folksy aphorisms, some of which were published in his "Starbeams" feature. They have been collected in books and on Internet sites. Bill Vaughan died at age 61 of lung cancer.