Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, 1925 - 2012
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- It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. permalink
Gore Vidal - It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this down to our traditional racism and obsessive sectarianism. Even so, one would think that we would be encouraged to project ourselves into the character of someone of a different race or class, if only to be able to control him. But no effort is made. permalink
Gore Vidal - Screening History (1992) - It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later. Finally, it is not too farfetched to imagine a future in which novels are not read at all. permalink
Gore Vidal - "Thomas Love Peacock: The Novel of Ideas" (1980) - It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. permalink
Gore Vidal - It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true. permalink
Gore Vidal - Least said, soonest mended. permalink
Gore Vidal - Lennon was somebody who was a born enemy of those who govern the United States. He was everything they hated. So I just say that he represented life, and is admirable; and Mr. Nixon and Mr. Bush represent death, and that is a bad thing. permalink
Gore Vidal - Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other than books and movies, and my own imagination. permalink
Gore Vidal - Screening History (1992) - Mardonius was more fond of me than I was of him. That always gives one an advantage. permalink
Gore Vidal - Most lives are spent putting on and taking off masks. permalink
Gore Vidal - My family helped start [this country], we've been in political life ... since the 1690s, and I have a very possessive sense about this country. permalink
Gore Vidal - Sexually Speaking (1999) - My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general "They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to". permalink
Gore Vidal - "On Flying" (1985) - Never have children, only grandchildren. permalink
Gore Vidal - quoting his grandfather, Thomas Pryor Gore - Next to 'I win,' 'I told you so' are the sweetest words. permalink
Gore Vidal - One's neighbor is always the enemy. That is the nature of things. permalink
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