"By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over." ― Gore Vidal Topic(s): Time More From Gore Vidal "Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so." "In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it." "As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests." More In Time "Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time."― H. L. Mencken "I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself."― Dylan Moran "Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation."― Samuel Richardson