Quotes by Gore Vidal

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

#Friendship

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

#Government

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

#Age, #Funny

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

#Age, #Funny

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

#Religion

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

#Charm, #Women

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

#Writers

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

#Writers

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

#Parents

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

#Ability, #Success

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

#Television

It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to...

#Television