Гор Видал цитаты
Гор Видал
Дата рождения: 3. Октябрь 1925
Дата смерти: 31. Июль 2012
Ю́джин Лю́тер Гор Вида́л — американский писатель, эссеист, кино- и театральный драматург, признанный классик американской литературы второй половины XX века. Заметная фигура культурной и политической жизни США на протяжении последних шестидесяти лет.
Цитаты Гор Видал
„Монотеизм — это огромное, замалчиваемое, таящееся в центре нашей культуры зло. Из варварского текста под названием Ветхий Завет, пришедшего из эпохи бронзового века, возникли три античеловеческие религии — иудаизм, христианство и ислам. Это религии небесного божества. Они в буквальном смысле патриархальны: бог является сущим отцом — и отсюда проистекает двухтысячелетнее презрение к женщинам в тех странах, где правит небесное божество и его земные представители мужского рода.“
The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism. From a barbaric Bronze Age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human religions have evolved — Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. These are sky-god religions. They are, literally, patriarchal — God is the Omnipotent Father — hence the loathing of women for 2,000 years in those countries afflicted by the sky-god and his earthly male delegates.
лекция в Гарвардском университете 20 апреля 1992 America First? America Last? America at Last?
Источник: Ричард Докинз, «Бог как иллюзия» (2006) // пер. с англ. Н. Смелковой. — М: КоЛибри (Иностранка), 2008. — гл. 2 (эпиграф к разделу Монотеизм).
„How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.“
— Gore Vidal, книга Julian
Chapter 1, Libanius to Priscus, Antioch March 380
Источник: 1960s, Julian (1964)
„Half the American people never read a newspaper. Half never vote for President — the same half?“
— Gore Vidal, Screening History
Ch. 1: The Prince and the Pauper, p. 5
Sometimes quoted as: Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for president. One hopes it is the same half.
[Bill, Maxwell, http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/07/Columns/In_gloomy_times__let_.shtml, In gloomy times, let's try to find a sense of humor, St. Petersberg Times, 2002-07-07, 2008-10-04]
Вариант: Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Источник: 1990s, Screening History (1992)
„It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society.“
Ch. 2: Fire Over England, p. 49
1990s, Screening History (1992)
Контексте: It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this down to our traditional racism and obsessive sectarianism. Even so, one would think that we would be encouraged to project ourselves into the character of someone of a different race or class, if only to be able to control him. But no effort is made.
„A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adjective is often applied to those “liberals” who prefer to improve the lives of others rather than exploit them.“
"Growing Up With Gore Vidal," Screening History (1994), p. 24.
1990s
Контексте: A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adjective is often applied to those “liberals” who prefer to improve the lives of others rather than exploit them. Apparently, a concern for others is self-love at its least attractive, while greed is now a sign of the highest altruism. But then to reverse, periodically, the meanings of words is a very small price to pay for our vast freedom not only to conform but to consume.
