All Stephen Vizinczey Quotes
- Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the… Alcoholic
- We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them. Assumption
- Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the… Alone
- You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all. All
- Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not. Consistency
- Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn. Burn
- The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in. Genius
- The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life… Bears
- When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness. Close
- Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a nobody and must… Account
- Whenever you hear the word "inevitable", watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself. Creative
- The war against Vietnam is only the ghastliest manifestation of what I'd call imperial provincialism, which afflicts America's whole culture-aware only of its own history,… Afflicts
- Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with All
- Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination. Book
- Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great. Day
- Art experts are unfailingly opposed to Art for the simple reason that they are interested in Art - but Art is not interested in Art.… Art
- Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it. Amount
- Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing… Acts
- As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree. Agree
- People will either like you for your money or they'll resent you for having it.. So you're stuck with a small group who are as… Choice