Gore Vidal Quotes

Because there is no cosmic point to the life that each of us perceives on this distant bit of dust at the galaxy's edge... there is all the more reason for us to maintain in proper balance what we have here. Because there is nothing else. No thing. This is it. And quite enough, all in all.

Gore Vidal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 3, 1925 - July 31, 2012

Topics

LifeBalanceEnoughEdgeNothing

If I've gotten to a point where people want to see something because I'm in it, I'm grateful and humbled. But having an awareness of that doesn't help me do what I need to do, I think.

Jessie Mueller

GratefulPeopleMeThinkHelpWant

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Jesse Jackson

SoulDemocracyYouDebateWayOur

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

Robert Mapplethorpe

WishI WishElegantCould

Liberals love America like O.J. loved Nicole.

Ann Coulter

LoveLovedAmericaLikeLiberals

I don't think being beautiful takes away from your credibility.

Soledad O'Brien

BeautifulThinkBeing BeautifulBeing

Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now.

Lisa Scottoline

HeartWomanFeetNowWearLike

I used to tell my mother, 'I'm going to have to get a real job one day.' You keep saying this will end one day, but people still call us up and ask us to sing. It's truly amazing.

Dennis Edwards

MotherDayJobPeopleAmazingEnd

For conservatives, the issue is that for generations now, they have failed to make the case for their values. They haven't even conveyed conservative values to many of their children. And when they have, the university has often succeeded in undoing them.

Dennis Prager

ChildrenValuesNowConservative

I was very fortunate that all my holidays I'd spend with my grandfather, experiencing a much more traditional way of life and listening to these wonderful stories, which I now feel are such an important part of Indian thinking.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

LifeListeningThinkingHolidaysWay

My parents were very firm about me always getting my homework done.

Chelsea Clinton

ParentsMeHomeworkDoneAlways

I love tag team wrestling, and it's different than all the other matches.

Bret Hart

LoveTeamWrestlingDifferentThan

The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations.

Aristide Briand

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