Tom Wolfe

"Authenticity is increasingly recognized as a luxury and status symbol itself."

"The measure of a person is not their ambition but their integrity."

"Time is the one resource that cannot be accumulated or transferred."

"The future is always imagined through the lens of the present moment."

"What we call progress is often just a rearrangement of existing problems."

"The idea is that the reader should, in the old modernist way, be somewhat puzzled, be touching into a sense of confusion or mystery."

"Status in the world is so important to the male ego that a man who falls suddenly out of favor or fortune will actually perceive the descent physically, as a series of boxes contracting around him."

"What new thought can you introduce that hasn't already been introduced by someone with a greater talent than you?"

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."

"Las Vegas has a way of making the fantastic seem normal and the impossible seem possible."

"A man who has nothing to do is a man with nothing."

"The most important thing is momentum. Once you have momentum, you can do almost anything."

"Class is not just about money, it's about how you carry yourself through the world."

"In the modern age, appearance has become everything."

"The greatest thing a human being can do is to help another human being know how much he is worth."

"Radical chic is the latest fashion in amusing the wealthy liberal intellectuals."

"A picture held us captive, and we couldn't tell ourselves how to get out of it."

"The difference between a high-class prostitute and a call girl is that one has a waiting list."

"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

"You cannot invent a better process than the one that evolution has created."

"The right stuff is not just a thing, it is a way of being."

"In life, you don't have to be the best to succeed, you just have to believe you are."

"Style is substance. It's not decoration; it's communication."

"The greatest crimes in the world are not deeds of violence by crazy fanatics but crimes of infinite coldness and inattention."

"Time is the only real currency in life, and we are always spending it unwisely."

"The power of a name is immense. What you call something matters profoundly."

"Every man thinks God is on his side. That's why we have wars."

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple, but it's worth pursuing anyway."

"A man's real wealth is the good he does in the world."

"Technology has given us the tools to connect, but we've forgotten how to truly listen."