Famous Gore Vidal Quotes

  • In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are. – Gore Vidal

    In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.– Gore Vidal

  • It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us. – Gore Vidal

    It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us.– Gore Vidal

  • We do not want to old to be sharper than we. It is bad enough that they were there first, and got the best things. – Gore Vidal

    We do not want to old to be sharper than we. It is bad enough that they were there first, and got the best things.– Gore Vidal

  • I’m a born-again atheist. – Gore Vidal

    I’m a born-again atheist.– Gore Vidal

  • Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral. – Gore Vidal

    Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral.– Gore Vidal

  • Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house. – Gore Vidal

    Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.– Gore Vidal

  • Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.– Gore Vidal

  • Never have children, only grandchildren. – Gore Vidal

    Never have children, only grandchildren.– Gore Vidal

  • The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so. – Gore Vidal

    The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.– Gore Vidal

  • By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over. – Gore Vidal

    By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.– Gore Vidal