Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.
GORE VIDALThe Turner Diaries’ is a racist daydream by a former physics teacher writing under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald.
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Certainly ‘The Judgment of Paris’ was the novel in which I found my own voice.
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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.
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I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.
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Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
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Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.
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I can understand companionship.
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Never have children, only grandchildren.
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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
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Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.
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Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.
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If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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Baseball is the favorite American sport because it’s so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.
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