Encounters Quote by Gore Vidal Download Open image “I'm in favor of sexual encounters.” — Gore Vidal ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Encounters Favors
I'm in favor of any form of sexual relationship that gives pleasure to those involved. And I have never heard a convincing argument to… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
While I have very little to say in favor of sex (it's vastly overrated, it's frequently unnecessary, and it's messy), it is greatly to… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“Of course we know that sexual promiscuity increases the likelihood of STIs, which is why we explore sexuality through romance - it's safer (and… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life. — Jerzy Kosinski Copy Share Image
I've always enjoyed sex scenes, though you're not really supposed to. The classic answer is, 'Oh, it's not sexy at all because there are… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Many people in the United States happen to believe that United States policy is wrong in Vietnam and the Vietcong are correct in wanting… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“It is curious how little interested we are in the sexual desires of those who do not attract us.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
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… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The oligarchs think that the people are both dangerous and stupid. Their point is moot. But we do know that the oligarchs are a… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Sex is a continuum. You go through different phases along life's way... and if you don't, you've been sort of cheated. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The writings of latter-day prophets clearly teach that the sorrows and sufferings endured by Adam and Eve upon their leaving the Garden of Eden… — Daniel K Judd Copy Share Image
Gun control laws don't work. What is worse, they act perversely. While legitimate users of firearms encounter intense regulation, scrutiny and bureaucratic control, illicit… — Daniel D. Polsby Copy Share Image
The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us! — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The truly still mind, with which you were born, is the mind that moves freely. Without ignoring anything, it reacts wholeheartedly to everything it… — Soko Morinaga Copy Share Image
If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy which spurs… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The goal in raising one's child is to enable him, first, to discover who he wants to be, and then to become a person… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
My first encounter with yoga was in 1969 with my older brother Doug. I was thirteen years old, and he was eighteen. He'd learned… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it. — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
