black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.

Gore Vidal

The Turner Diaries’ is a racist daydream by a former physics teacher writing under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald.
GORE VIDAL

Race Teacher Writing
Envy is the central fact of American life.
GORE VIDAL

Central Fact Life
Like the TV networks, once our government has a hit, it will be repeated over and over again.
GORE VIDAL

Government Repeat Willing
He who is last had best laugh.
GORE VIDAL

End Himself Laughter
It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real tragedy in our time is that any of us can be, interchangeably, victim or torturer.
GORE VIDAL

Change Reality Time Torture Victim
I’m a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia’s tap water.
GORE VIDAL

Myself Nature Pollution Water
We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.
GORE VIDAL

Artist Discover Emotion Important Known World
Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others.
GORE VIDAL

Action God Karma Life Right Welfare
A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.
GORE VIDAL

Friendship Moments Myself Past Surprise
What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
GORE VIDAL

Character Myself Nature
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
GORE VIDAL

Himself Interesting Money
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
GORE VIDAL

Confidence Personality Style Yourself
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
GORE VIDAL

Hope Newspaper Oneself People Reading
Baseball is the favorite American sport because it’s so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.
GORE VIDAL

Baseball Play Slow Sports
It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, ‘I’ve been reading you all my life.’ It makes you feel a slight chill.
GORE VIDAL

Feeling Life Man Yourself
I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
GORE VIDAL

Known Myself

A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Gore Vidal Quotes