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

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.

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how...

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how...

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,...

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers,...

If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers,...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not...

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not...

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 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...

By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing...

By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing...

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...

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...

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

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....

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which...

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which...

There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of...

There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of...