A superficial education would be worse than none. But a full education would open every man's eyes to the nature of human existence.
Gore VidalIn matters of faith, inconvenient evidence is always suppressed while contradictions go unnoticed.
Gore VidalTo 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