Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith. – Gore Vidal
To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. – Gore Vidal
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days. – Gore Vidal
I think in politics, in Congress, you often do things that are Republican, or you do things because youre a Democrat. Sometimes thats good, obviously, and sometimes thats obviously bad. But in the news business, theres no such thing as Republican or Democratic news. News is news. – J. C. Watts
In the coming years, if not sooner, social media will become a powerful tool that consumers will aggressively use to influence business attitudes and force companies into greater social responsibility – and, I suggest, move us towards a more sustainable practice of capitalism. – Simon Mainwaring
That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it…. We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself. – Paracelsus, quoted in The Dream Game