Stephen Vizinczey

Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great.

— Stephen Vizinczey

As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree.

— Stephen Vizinczey

“I had affairs with a few girls of my own age, and they taught me that no girl, however intelligent and war-hearted,…

— Stephen Vizinczey

The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in.

— Stephen Vizinczey

To state a lie firmly, categorically and with great authority, undeterred by the fact that all concerned know it to be a…

— Stephen Vizinczey

You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.

— Stephen Vizinczey

“I suppose it's more unnerving to be a boy than a girl,' she conceded.'It's the boys who have to make fools of…

— Stephen Vizinczey

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

— Stephen Vizinczey

Art experts are unfailingly opposed to Art for the simple reason that they are interested in Art - but Art is not…

— Stephen Vizinczey

Whenever you hear the word "inevitable", watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

— Stephen Vizinczey

Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was…

— Stephen Vizinczey

Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.

— Stephen Vizinczey

To be great is to assume great concerns.

— Stephen Vizinczey

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them.

— Stephen Vizinczey

“I made a resolution I would throw myself into the Danube if I didn't ask you to make love with me today.”

— Stephen Vizinczey

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an…

— Stephen Vizinczey

Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.

— Stephen Vizinczey

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

— Stephen Vizinczey

“I wonder, what kind of life would I have had if it hadn’t been for my mother’s tea-and-cookie parties? Perhaps it’s because…

— Stephen Vizinczey

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a…

— Stephen Vizinczey

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts.

— Stephen Vizinczey

“Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.”

— Stephen Vizinczey

“We think of ourselves as failures, rather than renounce our belief in the possibility of perfection. We hang on to the hope…

— Stephen Vizinczey

Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say…

— Stephen Vizinczey

People will either like you for your money or they'll resent you for having it.. So you're stuck with a small group…

— Stephen Vizinczey