Gore Vidal Quotes

Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.

Gore Vidal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeaceResponsibleOrderlyDistress

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

MeBelieveOpinionsYouMy OwnTell

I found a favorite chord, which is B flat 7 - that's my favorite chord.

Jens Lekman

FavoriteFoundFlatWhichChord

And I think that Africa is making progress that the world needs to recognize and assist the continent to continue on that path.

John Dramani Mahama

PathProgressWorldThinkAfrica

At first, I was stubborn about not wanting to become a city boy.

Matt Cain

CityStubbornBoyBecomeFirst

It's never fun to get swept, but it's going to happen.

Steve Clevenger

FunNeverHappenGoingGetSwept

I feel like the thing that motivates me is not making the Olympic team. If I'm having a rough day, I think about how bad I want it.

Aly Raisman

DayMeTeamThinkFeelBad

The Cern laboratory in Geneva was set up in 1955 to bring together European scientists who wished to pursue research into the nuclear and sub-nuclear world. Physicists then had greater clout than other scientists because the memory of their role in the Second World War was fresh in people's minds.

Martin Rees

TogetherWarMemoryPeopleResearch

The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.

Molly Ivins

LifeMoneyPoliticsPlayPaperYour

I find there are a few places where I like to meditate more than in other places. There's a little Catholic church that I go to, and there's another temple I go to - there are certain places where I just feel more comfortable.

Michael Keaton

ChurchFeelFindGoComfortable

This is a global effort we're going to have to lead to overcome this jihadist effort. It's more than Osama bin Laden. But he is going to pay, and he will die.

Mitt Romney

EffortDieWillOvercomeMorePay

I think the only reason I wanted to do modeling, really, was because I knew I wasn't ready to act; I knew I didn't have enough life experience, and I knew that doing photo shoots was a way of acting. Playing a character each shoot and being able to just emerge yourself in these awkward experiences - it was amazing.

Dree Hemingway

LifeCharacterExperienceYourself

I'll just say that there are certain people who continue to be hired in Hollywood, and that leaves me truly shocked.

Doug Liman

PeopleMeSayHollywoodJustWho

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