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 And Dying Quotes, Religion Quotes

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?

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to...

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to...

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...

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices

A good deed never goes unpunished.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.

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

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

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

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

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....

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

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,...

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...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...