--- title: "Best Norah Vincent Sayings" description: "Norah Mary Vincent was an American writer. She was a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a quarterly columnist on politics and culture for th..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b030/author-norah-vincent-3829.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b030/author-norah-vincent-3829.jpg) # Norah Vincent (1968–2022) Journalist United States **121** quotes in **462** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Norah Vincent was a journalist from the United States, best known for *Voluntary madness*. ## Quick Facts About Norah Vincent Born September 20, 1968 Died July 6, 2022 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works Voluntary madness ## About Norah Vincent Norah Mary Vincent was an American writer. She was a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a quarterly columnist on politics and culture for the national gay news magazine The Advocate. She was a columnist for The Village Voice and Salon.com. Her writing appeared in The New Republic, The New York Times, New York Post, The Washington Post and other periodicals. She gained particular attention in 2006 for her book Self-Made Man, detailing her experiences when she lived as a man for eighteen months. ## Quotes by Norah Vincent · Page 3 > [The liberal special-interest groups that squeal most loudly for their rights are the same ones that decry the military spending that guarantees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/the-liberal-special-interest-groups-that-squeal-most-loudly-for-their/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Liberal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liberal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/norah-vincent-3829_liberal_the-liberal-special-interest-groups-that_2331463.jpg) > [The candidates who get themselves elected are illusionists and prevaricators of the first order. We expect this of them. They're a reflection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/the-candidates-who-get-themselves-elected-are-illusionists-and/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Candidates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/norah-vincent-3829_candidates_the-candidates-who-get-themselves-electe_268738.jpg) > [Every day I have people staring at me because I don't look like I'm supposed to. In a room full of women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/every-day-i-have-people-staring-at-me-because-i-don-t-look-like-i-m/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/norah-vincent-3829_day_every-day-i-have-people-staring-at-me-be_1271934.png) > [Isn't it curious how quickly a conservative becomes a libertarian when he's caught sinning? There's a lesson in that somewhere, if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/isn-t-it-curious-how-quickly-a-conservative-becomes-a-libertarian/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Christian right](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-right/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/norah-vincent-3829_christian-right_isn-t-it-curious-how-quickly-a-conservat_32298.png) > [Picking fights with or propositioning strangers, betraying friends, lying to family, stealing, cheating and engaging in road rage were things I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/picking-fights-with-or-propositioning-strangers-betraying-friends/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Betraying friends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betraying-friends-19168/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/norah-vincent-3829_betraying-friends_picking-fights-with-or-propositioning-st_374256.png) > [People who dislike Oprah's Book Club dislike it for the same reason that they dislike Barnes & Noble. The fact that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/people-who-dislike-oprah-s-book-club-dislike-it-for-the-same-reason/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Book club](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-club/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/norah-vincent-3829_book-club_people-who-dislike-oprah-s-book-club-dis_267174.jpg) > [Incidental consequences are often unpleasant; the kinds of reactions you can expect when you say something asinine or unpopular in public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/incidental-consequences-are-often-unpleasant-the-kinds-of-reactions/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Consequences](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consequences/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/norah-vincent-3829_consequences_incidental-consequences-are-often-unplea_730205.png) > [We tend to think of Hamlet as one of the wisest, most intellectually prodigious characters in all of literature. Which he is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/we-tend-to-think-of-hamlet-as-one-of-the-wisest-most-intellectually/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/norah-vincent-3829_books_we-tend-to-think-of-hamlet-as-one-of-the_1359522.png) > [You can fire a professor because he's a bad or unqualified teacher, but you shouldn't be able to fire him because he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/you-can-fire-a-professor-because-he-s-a-bad-or-unqualified-teacher/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/norah-vincent-3829_bad_you-can-fire-a-professor-because-he-s-a_2954235.png) > [When the doctor told me I had MS, I suddenly felt the weight of my own and everyone else's expectations lift off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/when-the-doctor-told-me-i-had-ms-i-suddenly-felt-the-weight-of-my-own/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/norah-vincent-3829_better_when-the-doctor-told-me-i-had-ms-i-sudde_2220121.jpg) > [My gender has roots in my brain, possibly biochemical ones, living very close to the roots of my self-image... Far, far closer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/my-gender-has-roots-in-my-brain-possibly-biochemical-ones-living-very/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abf/norah-vincent-3829_brain_my-gender-has-roots-in-my-brain-possibly_115331.png) > [Books are not commodities, but the gilded age of treadmill publishing - to which Winfrey has contributed her demeaning sensibility - has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/books-are-not-commodities-but-the-gilded-age-of-treadmill-publishing/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/norah-vincent-3829_age_books-are-not-commodities-but-the-gilded_3019150.png) > [It was emotionally exhausting to be an impostor, and also an impostor of the opposite sex. That's what most transsexuals feel before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/it-was-emotionally-exhausting-to-be-an-impostor-and-also-an-impostor/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Exhausting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exhausting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/norah-vincent-3829_exhausting_it-was-emotionally-exhausting-to-be-an-i_1876921.png) > [The next time someone tells you that Shakespeare is irrelevant, tell him that the Bard wrote his greatest play about George W.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/the-next-time-someone-tells-you-that-shakespeare-is-irrelevant-tell/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/norah-vincent-3829_born_the-next-time-someone-tells-you-that-sha_549671.jpg) > [There is no good, objective reason to believe that legalizing gay marriage would adversely affect traditional marriage, just as there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/there-is-no-good-objective-reason-to-believe-that-legalizing-gay/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/norah-vincent-3829_believe_there-is-no-good-objective-reason-to-bel_2585274.png) > [There are at least two circumstances under which journalists have both a right and an obligation to publish details about a public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/there-are-at-least-two-circumstances-under-which-journalists-have/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Details](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/details/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/norah-vincent-3829_details_there-are-at-least-two-circumstances-und_3086437.png) > [There is no bargaining with Hussein, no appealing to his better nature even on domestic issues. This is hardly surprising because he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/there-is-no-bargaining-with-hussein-no-appealing-to-his-better-nature/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/norah-vincent-3829_better_there-is-no-bargaining-with-hussein-no-a_2605101.png) > [The twin causes Bin Laden invokes are Islam and Arab self-determination, and armies rise to serve him. No need to convert or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/the-twin-causes-bin-laden-invokes-are-islam-and-arab-self/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Arab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/norah-vincent-3829_arab_the-twin-causes-bin-laden-invokes-are-is_37473.png) > [“It was the woman’s job to be on the defensive, because past experience had taught her to be. It was the guy’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/it-was-the-woman-s-job-to-be-on-the-defensive-because-past-experience/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Defensive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defensive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/norah-vincent-3829_defensive_it-was-the-woman-s-job-to-be-on-the-defe_3033791.png) > [There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/there-s-a-big-difference-between-tolerance-and-approval-and-i-have-no/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Approval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approval/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/norah-vincent-3829_approval_there-s-a-big-difference-between-toleran_869509.png) > [Diversity is and always has been a distinctively American practice of which we should be proud. But whether we admit it or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/diversity-is-and-always-has-been-a-distinctively-american-practice-of/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/norah-vincent-3829_american_diversity-is-and-always-has-been-a-disti_1594035.png) > [Libertarians believe that the government should stay out of private lives on issues that don't have a bearing on society as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/libertarians-believe-that-the-government-should-stay-out-of-private/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/norah-vincent-3829_believe_libertarians-believe-that-the-government_1519175.png) > [I didn't understand that there was some mental component of how you view yourself in terms of gender that's deeply embedded in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/i-didn-t-understand-that-there-was-some-mental-component-of-how-you/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/norah-vincent-3829_brain_i-didn-t-understand-that-there-was-some_3035323.jpg) > [The reporting of the news is supposed to be objective, a dispassionate recitation of the facts. But of course it never is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/the-reporting-of-the-news-is-supposed-to-be-objective-a-dispassionate/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/norah-vincent-3829_facts_the-reporting-of-the-news-is-supposed-to_1239549.png) > [If the world ended tomorrow and good and evil fought it out for keeps, I imagine that David Brock would be one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/if-the-world-ended-tomorrow-and-good-and-evil-fought-it-out-for-keeps/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/norah-vincent-3829_devil_if-the-world-ended-tomorrow-and-good-and_1618068.png) > [The fact that you carried an embryo to term does not make you a mother any more than it makes you an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/the-fact-that-you-carried-an-embryo-to-term-does-not-make-you-a/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Does](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/does/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/norah-vincent-3829_does_the-fact-that-you-carried-an-embryo-to-t_3085676.png) > [The sex of spouses has nothing to do with why relationships fail. They fail for lack of love or, more precisely, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/the-sex-of-spouses-has-nothing-to-do-with-why-relationships-fail-they/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Lack of love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lack-of-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/norah-vincent-3829_lack-of-love_the-sex-of-spouses-has-nothing-to-do-wit_2937660.png) > [“... there is a whole hell of a lot of knowledge about the (expletive removed) human condition that we are not ready for.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/there-is-a-whole-hell-of-a-lot-of-knowledge-about-the-expletive/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Human condition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-condition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/norah-vincent-3829_human-condition_there-is-a-whole-hell-of-a-lot-of-knowle_1593030.png) > [In fact, Obama's intellectual curiosity and suppleness of mind is, in my view, one of his biggest selling points, whatever your political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/in-fact-obama-s-intellectual-curiosity-and-suppleness-of-mind-is-in/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Curiosity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/norah-vincent-3829_curiosity_in-fact-obama-s-intellectual-curiosity-a_2843650.png) > [I have a lot more sympathy for men. I understand that they too are victims of the so-called patriarchy, that their roles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/i-have-a-lot-more-sympathy-for-men-i-understand-that-they-too-are/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Men](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/norah-vincent-3829_men_i-have-a-lot-more-sympathy-for-men-i-und_1286707.png) > [I learned that gender identity runs very deep in all of us, very near the center of our sense of self and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/i-learned-that-gender-identity-runs-very-deep-in-all-of-us-very-near/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Consequences](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consequences/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/norah-vincent-3829_consequences_i-learned-that-gender-identity-runs-very_293492.png) > [When you've renounced all the conveniences whose ungreen prerequisites you so abhor, then you can bemoan the plague of greenhouse gases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/when-you-ve-renounced-all-the-conveniences-whose-ungreen/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/norah-vincent-3829_climate_when-you-ve-renounced-all-the-convenienc_2733089.png) > [People are selfish. What's more, they aren't, for the most part, very interested in ideals. They're interested in themselves, not the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/people-are-selfish-what-s-more-they-aren-t-for-the-most-part-very/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/norah-vincent-3829_good_people-are-selfish-what-s-more-they-aren_3051605.jpg) > [It should go without saying, of course, that anything a journalist writes about any person, public or private, must have a verifiable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/it-should-go-without-saying-of-course-that-anything-a-journalist/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/norah-vincent-3829_anything_it-should-go-without-saying-of-course-th_2958110.png) > [Advertisers should be forced, by contract, to commit their advertisements for a specified amount of time, regardless of what happens on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/advertisers-should-be-forced-by-contract-to-commit-their/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Advertisers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertisers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/norah-vincent-3829_advertisers_advertisers-should-be-forced-by-contract_1123336.png) > [Defending legacy admissions is a mistake, not just because it is inconsistent with opposition to affirmative action but also because legacy admissions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/defending-legacy-admissions-is-a-mistake-not-just-because-it-is/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/norah-vincent-3829_action_defending-legacy-admissions-is-a-mistake_1665364.jpg) > [Prozac makes you feel better by disabling those crippling doubts and inhibitions that are the hallmarks of despondency, but it often does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/prozac-makes-you-feel-better-by-disabling-those-crippling-doubts-and/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/norah-vincent-3829_bad_prozac-makes-you-feel-better-by-disablin_1114464.jpg) > [“We tend to think of happiness (and by happiness I also mean health or overall well-being)as a gift, and sometimes it is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/we-tend-to-think-of-happiness-and-by-happiness-i-also-mean-health-or/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/norah-vincent-3829_happiness_we-tend-to-think-of-happiness-and-by-hap_1435320.jpg) > [For native New Yorkers and pilgrims alike, there have been few things more heartbreaking about the protracted aftermath of Sept. 11 than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/for-native-new-yorkers-and-pilgrims-alike-there-have-been-few-things/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/norah-vincent-3829_city_for-native-new-yorkers-and-pilgrims-alik_913447.jpg) > [American conservatism always has been plagued by an irrational distaste for homosexuality, a robust and righteous hate for the sin that cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norah-vincent/american-conservatism-always-has-been-plagued-by-an-irrational/) [Norah Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norah-vincent/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/norah-vincent-3829_american_american-conservatism-always-has-been-pl_1436162.png) ## 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