Gore Vidal Quotes

Some of my father's fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, 'I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any.' We agreed on nothing, but we never quarreled once.

Gore Vidal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FatherMeAdviceSaidNothingWhy

I love the Victoria's Secret Angels. They're sort of my gorgeous glamour heroes.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

LoveAngelsSecretHeroesGlamour

I'm happy to fight for any role.

John Hensley

FightHappyRoleAny

Beautiful actors are learning what beautiful actresses like Charlize Theron discovered a while ago - that they get taken more seriously when they trash the same beauty that got them taken seriously to begin with.

Steve Erickson

LearningBeautyBeautifulSeriously

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

Trisha Yearwood

LifeLife Is ShortShortLearnDoing

We've probably never met, but I wish we had.

Michael W. Smith

WishNeverI WishMetHad

When religious believers invoke miracles and acts of creation ex nihilo, that is the end of the search for them, whereas for scientists, the identification of such mysteries is only the beginning. Science picks up where theology leaves off.

Michael Shermer

ScienceBeginningEndSearchUpOff

The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

Judy Blume

CreativeThinkingProcessEnjoyUp

People are feeling and sensing a return of anti-Semitism - even in Europe, which, seventy years after the Holocaust, is a very scary thing. I think they are feeling that Israel is very isolated and doesn't always get what they see as fair treatment in the European media.

Jonathan Sacks

PeopleThinkMediaSeventyHolocaust

With 'Idol' it's kind of just like 'OK, here's this competition - I need to do better than somebody else.'

Jordin Sparks

CompetitionBetterKindNeedHere

Our private property must be sacrificed.

Dolley Madison

PropertyMustPrivate PropertyOur

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

Donald Rumsfeld

WorldFactsYouCongressAcceptUs

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

Dean Acheson

FirstStatesmanDullHeRequirement

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Gore Vidal