--- title: "22 Two Quotes By Gore Vidal" description: "22 Two quotes by Gore Vidal. Plus more from Gore Vidal and more Two sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/gore-vidal-466_clubs_love-is-a-fan-club-with-only-two-fans-29_2997731.jpg" --- > [Love is a fan club with only two fans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/love-is-a-fan-club-with-only-two-fans/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/gore-vidal-466_clubs_love-is-a-fan-club-with-only-two-fans-29_2997731.jpg) > [There are two things you never turn down: sex and appearing on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/there-are-two-things-you-never-turn-down-sex-and-appearing-on/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/gore-vidal-466_appearing_there-are-two-things-you-never-turn-down_646028.jpg) > ['Politics' is made up of two words, 'poli,' which is Greek for 'many,' and 'tics,' which are blood-sucking insects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/politics-is-made-up-of-two-words-poli-which-is-greek-for-many-and-2/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/gore-vidal-466_blood_politics-is-made-up-of-two-words-poli-wh_1903512.jpg) > [It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/it-makes-no-difference-who-you-vote-for-the-two-parties-are-really/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/gore-vidal-466_differences_it-makes-no-difference-who-you-vote-for_792068.jpg) > [Politics is made up of two words: "Poli," which is Greek for "many," and "tics," which are bloodsucking insects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/politics-is-made-up-of-two-words-poli-which-is-greek-for-many-and/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/280/gore-vidal-466_blood_politics-is-made-up-of-two-words-poli-wh_1521673.jpg) > [Everybody has two legs, two lobes to the brain which is why we tend to be interested in symmetry, always balancing things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/everybody-has-two-legs-two-lobes-to-the-brain-which-is-why-we-tend-to/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/gore-vidal-466_brain_everybody-has-two-legs-two-lobes-to-the_1204009.jpg) > [There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/there-is-only-one-party-in-the-united-states-the-property-party-and-2/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/gore-vidal-466_democrat_there-is-only-one-party-in-the-united-st_2646059.jpg) > [These are two opposing forces, and whenever I am in active politics, I stop writing. And when I'm writing, I don't politick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/these-are-two-opposing-forces-and-whenever-i-am-in-active-politics-i/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/gore-vidal-466_active_these-are-two-opposing-forces-and-whenev_189964.jpg) > [The U.S. Bill of Rights is being steadily eroded, with two million telephone calls tapped, 30 million workers under electronic surveillance, and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-u-s-bill-of-rights-is-being-steadily-eroded-with-two-million/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/gore-vidal-466_bill-of-rights_the-u-s-bill-of-rights-is-being-steadily_1633059.jpg) > [I have been saying for the some time now that America has only one party - the property party. It's the party…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-have-been-saying-for-the-some-time-now-that-america-has-only-one/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/gore-vidal-466_america_i-have-been-saying-for-the-some-time-now_1572109.jpg) > [How to get people to vote against their interests and to really think against their interests is very clever. It's the cleverest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/how-to-get-people-to-vote-against-their-interests-and-to-really-think/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/gore-vidal-466_class_how-to-get-people-to-vote-against-their_669160.jpg) > [Heaven's sakes, there's only one party which I call the Property Party. It's got two wings. One is called the "Republican" and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/heaven-s-sakes-there-s-only-one-party-which-i-call-the-property-party/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/gore-vidal-466_democrat_heaven-s-sakes-there-s-only-one-party-wh_483912.jpg) > [Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/democracy-is-something-america-has-never-really-practiced-because-the/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/gore-vidal-466_america_democracy-is-something-america-has-never_175879.jpg) > [ These people \[Bush Administration\] are for the most part rip-off artists. Notice that they're all gas and oil men from Cheney, to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/these-people-bush-administration-are-for-the-most-part-rip-off/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/gore-vidal-466_administration_these-people-bush-administration-are-for_1701775.jpg) > [It is astonishing to think that millions of people in my time—now, too, I suppose—actually thought that at a given moment in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/it-is-astonishing-to-think-that-millions-of-people-in-my-time-now-too/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/gore-vidal-466_given_it-is-astonishing-to-think-that-millions_731748.jpg) > [...I'm no longer the scales most lovers are, weighing the deeds and gifts and treasures proffered against those received or stolen from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-m-no-longer-the-scales-most-lovers-are-weighing-the-deeds-and-gifts/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/gore-vidal-466_balance_i-m-no-longer-the-scales-most-lovers-are_1482298.jpg) > [The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-last-best-hope-of-earth-two-trillion-dollars-in-debt-is-spinning/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/gore-vidal-466_adultery_the-last-best-hope-of-earth-two-trillion_877291.jpg) > [There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/there-is-only-one-party-in-the-united-states-the-property-party-and/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/gore-vidal-466_adjustment_there-is-only-one-party-in-the-united-st_1290.jpg) > [To hear two American men congratulating each other on being heterosexual is one of the most chilling experiences - and unique to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/to-hear-two-american-men-congratulating-each-other-on-being/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/gore-vidal-466_bed_to-hear-two-american-men-congratulating_1801556.jpg) > [Our only political party has two right wings, one called Republican, the other Democratic. But Henry Adams figured all that out back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/our-only-political-party-has-two-right-wings-one-called-republican/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/gore-vidal-466_america_our-only-political-party-has-two-right-w_1644838.jpg) > [It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/it-was-a-pity-that-movies-and-live-tv-left-new-york-for-hollywood/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/gore-vidal-466_accidents_it-was-a-pity-that-movies-and-live-tv-le_1355810.jpg) > [We affect one another quite enough merely by existing. Whenever the stars cross, or is it comets? fragments pass briefly from one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/we-affect-one-another-quite-enough-merely-by-existing-whenever-the/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/gore-vidal-466_astronomy_we-affect-one-another-quite-enough-merel_2787079.jpg) ## Other authors on Two ## More by Gore Vidal > [There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/there-is-only-one-party-in-the-united-states-the-property-party-and/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [Many people in the United States happen to believe that United States policy is wrong in Vietnam and the Vietcong are correct in wanting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/many-people-in-the-united-states-happen-to-believe-that-united-states/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [“It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/it-is-curious-how-little-interested-we-are-in-the-sexual-desires-of/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got the phrase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/this-separation-was-absolute-in-our-original-republic-but-the-sky/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/style-is-knowing-who-you-are-what-you-want-to-say-and-not-giving-a/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [The oligarchs think that the people are both dangerous and stupid. Their point is moot. But we do know that the oligarchs are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-oligarchs-think-that-the-people-are-both-dangerous-and-stupid/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/it-is-curious-how-often-one-prefers-his-enemies-to-his-friends/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/as-societies-grow-decadent-the-language-grows-decadent-too-words-are/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/rome-at-its-most-decadent-had-never-thought-of-hiring-an-actor-to-go/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/history-is-nothing-but-gossip-about-the-past-with-the-hope-that-it/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-malady-of-civilized-man-is-his-knowledge-of-death-the-good-artist/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [Sex is a continuum. You go through different phases along life's way... and if you don't, you've been sort of cheated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/sex-is-a-continuum-you-go-through-different-phases-along-life-s-way/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [All I want is that Americans still be able to read the alphabet in a hundred years. I am not very ambitious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/all-i-want-is-that-americans-still-be-able-to-read-the-alphabet-in-a/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even their sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-do-not-admire-the-people-as-such-no-one-really-does-their-folk/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) > [“One of the problems of a society as tightly controlled as ours is that we get so little information about what those of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/one-of-the-problems-of-a-society-as-tightly-controlled-as-ours-is/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/two/gore-vidal/#itemlist", "name": "22 Two Quotes By Gore Vidal", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is a fan club with only two fans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gore Vidal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/love-is-a-fan-club-with-only-two-fans/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/gore-vidal-466_clubs_love-is-a-fan-club-with-only-two-fans-29_2997731.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/gore-vidal-466_clubs_love-is-a-fan-club-with-only-two-fans-29_2997731.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/gore-vidal-466_clubs_love-is-a-fan-club-with-only-two-fans-29_2997731.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is a fan club with only two fans.” — Gore Vidal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are two things you never turn down: sex and appearing on television.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gore Vidal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/there-are-two-things-you-never-turn-down-sex-and-appearing-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/gore-vidal-466_appearing_there-are-two-things-you-never-turn-down_646028.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/gore-vidal-466_appearing_there-are-two-things-you-never-turn-down_646028.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/gore-vidal-466_appearing_there-are-two-things-you-never-turn-down_646028.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are two things you never turn down: sex and appearing on television.” — Gore Vidal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Politics' is made up of two words, 'poli,' which is Greek for 'many,' and 'tics,' which are blood-sucking insects.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gore Vidal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/politics-is-made-up-of-two-words-poli-which-is-greek-for-many-and-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/gore-vidal-466_blood_politics-is-made-up-of-two-words-poli-wh_1903512.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/gore-vidal-466_blood_politics-is-made-up-of-two-words-poli-wh_1903512.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/gore-vidal-466_blood_politics-is-made-up-of-two-words-poli-wh_1903512.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'Politics' is made up of two words, 'poli,' which is Greek for 'many,' and 'tics,' which are blood-sucking…” — Gore Vidal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It makes no difference who you vote for - 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