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Quotes by Gore Vidal - (10 quotes)

Gore Vidal - From the Books category:

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions. (Gore Vidal)

Gore Vidal - From the Children category:

Never have children, only grandchildren. (Gore Vidal)

Gore Vidal - From the Children category:

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

Gore Vidal - From the Drunkenness category:

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences. (Gore Vidal)

Gore Vidal - From the Earth category:

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die. (Gore Vidal)

Gore Vidal - From the Ego category:

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are. (Gore Vidal)

Gore Vidal - From the Genius category:

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60. (Gore Vidal)

Gore Vidal - From the Language category:

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action... (Gore Vidal)

Gore Vidal - From the Nature category:

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. (Gore Vidal)

Gore Vidal - From the Style category:

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. (Gore Vidal)