All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

Quote by Gore Vidal

Topics: Prejudice Quotes

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

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...

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without...

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without...

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

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

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President....

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President....

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

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?

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think...

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think...

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

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

My mom thinks my friends are bad influences. but honestly, i'm usually the one coming...

My mom thinks my friends are bad influences. but honestly, i'm usually the one coming...

I don't trust him. We're friends.

I don't trust him. We're friends.

Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will...

Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will...