Gore Vidal

An author, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter.

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8 quotations — 6 Funny, 2 Serious.


  1. Any American who is prepared to run for President should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
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  2. Half of the American people never read a newspaper.
    Half never voted for president.
    One hopes it is the same half.
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  3. I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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  4. It is not enough to succeed.
    Others must fail.
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  5. The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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  6. Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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  7. As one gets older, litigation replaces sex.
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  8. Write something!
    Even if it's just a suicide note.
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