Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things we find inexplicable

Quote by Gore Vidal

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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...

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception....

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception....

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

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...

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.

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...

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

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...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

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...