If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers, their sexual lives would be not only meager but in a youth-worshiping country like America, painfully brief.

Quote by Gore Vidal

Topics: Charm Quotes, Women Quotes

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

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

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

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.

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

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 not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories...

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to...

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to...

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.

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

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

We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of...

We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of...

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?

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...

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads,...

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads,...

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

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

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?

If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...