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Gore Vidal Quotes

Gore Vidal quotes

American Novelist, Writer October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012

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Miss Rand now tells us that what we have thought was right is really wrong. The lesson should have read: One for one and none for all. Gore Vidal
To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. Gore Vidal
The planet Venus, a circle of silver in a green sky, pierced the edge of the evening while the wintry woods darkened about me and in the stillness the regular sound of my footsteps striking the pavement was like a the rhythmic beating of a giant stone heart. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been..."
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. Gore Vidal
Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter a curious new phase in our society.... To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "Always a godfather, never a god."
Always a godfather, never a god. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "The first TV babies are now writing with a TV mind that has no..."
The first TV babies are now writing with a TV mind that has no attention span at all. Gore Vidal
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "Americans tend to play different roles, hoping that somehow..."
Americans tend to play different roles, hoping that somehow they’ll stumble on the right one. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the..."
One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world."
All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world. Gore Vidal
Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them. Gore Vidal
The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television."
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television. Gore Vidal
Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect! Gore Vidal

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