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Gore Vidal Quotes

No one reads novels anymore. And I don’t see the situation improving. People prefer video games, reality TV, and films. There are so many reasons now not to read novels Picture Quote #1

Between Malraux, Balzac, and Montaigne, I choose Montaigne. Montaigne will survive all the others, because the essay, meaning direct communication between the writer and his reader, will outlast the novel, by at least a thousand years Picture Quote #1

The Americans are clever. They thoroughly understand things that have to do with money, war, death, sickness. And there is also a real tradition of skepticism in this country Picture Quote #1

Movie acting, I later realized, reminds me of contract bridge. Each requires the same concentration, intense short-term memory, and obliviousness to everything else until the last trump is called - or whatever it is they do Picture Quote #1

The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. Since I ought to be arrogant, impressed with my social position, overwhelmed by my beauty, therefore I am Picture Quote #1

...you will do more harm than good by attempting to supplant old dogmas and customs with new dogmas. It will be the same in the end except that the old is less militant, less dangerous than a new order imposed by enthusiasts Picture Quote #1

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When you are brought up in a zoo, you know what’s going on in the monkey house. You see a couple of monkeys loose and one is President and one is Vice President, you know it’s trouble. Monkeys make trouble Picture Quote #1

As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg’s six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln Picture Quote #1

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action Picture Quote #1

After adolescence, if one’s life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes Picture Quote #1

McCain is significant in the sense that he has no significance at all on any subject Picture Quote #1

I didn’t mean to spend my life writing American history, which should have been taught in the schools, but I saw no alternative but to taking it on myself. I could think of a lot of cheerier things I’d rather be doing than analyzing George Washington and Aaron Burr. But it came to pass, that was my job, so I did it Picture Quote #1

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Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning Picture Quote #1

No sooner does an American president take his oath of office than the speculation begins: Will he be reelected in four years’ time? If not, who will succeed him? A member of his own party? The other party? Picture Quote #1

There are a great many people who have a vested interest in maintaining the stupidity of the American public Picture Quote #1

I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that’s just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort Picture Quote #1

For every Scott Fitzgerald concerned with the precise word and the selection of relevant incident, there are a hundred American writers, many well-regarded, who appear to believe that one word is just as good as another and that everything which occurs to them is worth putting down Picture Quote #1

In essence, Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders Picture Quote #1

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I’m in favor of any form of sexual relationship that gives pleasure to those involved. And I have never heard a convincing argument to the contrary Picture Quote #1

I keep as far from children as possible. I don’t like the size of them; the scale is all wrong. The head tends to be too big for the bodies and the hands and feet are a disaster and they keep falling into things, and the nakedness of their bad character Picture Quote #1

While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers Picture Quote #1

You can only have a war with another country. You can’t have a war with bad temper or a war against paranoids Picture Quote #1

Baseball is the favorite American sport because it’s so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it Picture Quote #1

I’m a much worse guest than I am a host, and I’m not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone Picture Quote #1

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To prevent the theft of ‘Ben-Hur’s sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down Picture Quote #1

In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge military buildup - reluctantly, or so he said, as he puffed on a cigar liberated by a friend from Castro’s Cuba Picture Quote #1

Ideally, of course, a relationship is best, but then how many people are capable of deep feeling? Practically none Picture Quote #1

To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights Picture Quote #1

These people [Bush Administration] are for the most part rip-off artists. Notice that they’re all gas and oil men from Cheney, to the two Bushes; I think Rumsfeld also Picture Quote #1

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over Picture Quote #1

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No one reads novels anymore. And I don’t see the situation improving. People prefer video games, reality TV, and films. There are so many reasons now not to read novels (Gore Vidal Quotes) Between Malraux, Balzac, and Montaigne, I choose Montaigne. Montaigne will survive all the others, because the essay, meaning direct communication between the writer and his reader, will outlast the novel, by at least a thousand years (Gore Vidal Quotes) The Americans are clever. They thoroughly understand things that have to do with money, war, death, sickness. And there is also a real tradition of skepticism in this country (Gore Vidal Quotes) Movie acting, I later realized, reminds me of contract bridge. Each requires the same concentration, intense short-term memory, and obliviousness to everything else until the last trump is called - or whatever it is they do (Gore Vidal Quotes) The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. Since I ought to be arrogant, impressed with my social position, overwhelmed by my beauty, therefore I am (Gore Vidal Quotes) ...you will do more harm than good by attempting to supplant old dogmas and customs with new dogmas. It will be the same in the end except that the old is less militant, less dangerous than a new order imposed by enthusiasts (Gore Vidal Quotes) When you are brought up in a zoo, you know what’s going on in the monkey house. You see a couple of monkeys loose and one is President and one is Vice President, you know it’s trouble. Monkeys make trouble (Gore Vidal Quotes) As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg’s six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (Gore Vidal Quotes) As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action (Gore Vidal Quotes) After adolescence, if one’s life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes. (Gore Vidal Quotes) McCain is significant in the sense that he has no significance at all on any subject (Gore Vidal Quotes) I didn’t mean to spend my life writing American history, which should have been taught in the schools, but I saw no alternative but to taking it on myself. I could think of a lot of cheerier things I’d rather be doing than analyzing George Washington and Aaron Burr. But it came to pass, that was my job, so I did it. (Gore Vidal Quotes) Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning. (Gore Vidal Quotes) No sooner does an American president take his oath of office than the speculation begins: Will he be reelected in four years’ time? If not, who will succeed him? A member of his own party? The other party? (Gore Vidal Quotes) There are a great many people who have a vested interest in maintaining the stupidity of the American public. (Gore Vidal Quotes) I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that’s just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort. (Gore Vidal Quotes) For every Scott Fitzgerald concerned with the precise word and the selection of relevant incident, there are a hundred American writers, many well-regarded, who appear to believe that one word is just as good as another and that everything which occurs to them is worth putting down. (Gore Vidal Quotes) In essence, Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders. (Gore Vidal Quotes) I’m in favor of any form of sexual relationship that gives pleasure to those involved. And I have never heard a convincing argument to the contrary. (Gore Vidal Quotes) I keep as far from children as possible. I don’t like the size of them; the scale is all wrong. The head tends to be too big for the bodies and the hands and feet are a disaster and they keep falling into things, and the nakedness of their bad character... (Gore Vidal Quotes) While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers. (Gore Vidal Quotes) You can only have a war with another country. You can’t have a war with bad temper or a war against paranoids. (Gore Vidal Quotes) Baseball is the favorite American sport because it’s so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it. (Gore Vidal Quotes) I’m a much worse guest than I am a host, and I’m not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone. (Gore Vidal Quotes) To prevent the theft of ‘Ben-Hur’s sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down. (Gore Vidal Quotes) In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge military buildup - reluctantly, or so he said, as he puffed on a cigar liberated by a friend from Castro’s Cuba. (Gore Vidal Quotes) Ideally, of course, a relationship is best, but then how many people are capable of deep feeling? Practically none. (Gore Vidal Quotes) To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights. (Gore Vidal Quotes) These people [Bush Administration] are for the most part rip-off artists. Notice that they’re all gas and oil men from Cheney, to the two Bushes; I think Rumsfeld also. (Gore Vidal Quotes) By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over (Gore Vidal Quotes)

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