The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.

Quote by Gore Vidal

Topics: Death Quotes

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do...

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do...

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

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.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to...

It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to...

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world...

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world...

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only...

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only...

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...