There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

Quote by Gore Vidal

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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...

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...

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?

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...

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.

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.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

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...

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...

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...

We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

When you are under the power of sexual desire, anger and worldly attachment, or a...

When you are under the power of sexual desire, anger and worldly attachment, or a...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as...

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect,...

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect,...