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Goes Quotes by 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 of…
- They are longing for a war with Iran. Iran is no more a harm to us than was Iraq or Afghanistan. They invented an enemy,…
- In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize.
- A good deed never goes unpunished.
- In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.
More Goes Quotes
- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers… — Desi Arnaz
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. — Wystan Hugh Auden