Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

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• It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.

  

  Lance Burton
  • Time
  • Great
  • Fun

• I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

  

  P. L. Travers
  • Inspiration
  • Summon

• My son's a West Point cadet.

  

  Victor Mitchell
  • Son
  • Point
  • West

• You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Time
  • You
  • Right Time

• Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • People
  • Great
  • Believe

• I find the business world hard.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • World
  • Business
  • Find

• We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Help
  • Interesting
  • Bike

• Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!

  

  Jack Germond
  • Heart
  • True
  • Newspaper

• Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Mean
  • Nose
  • Solar

• I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
  • Proud
  • English
  • Feel

• The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Time
  • Christmas
  • Gifts

• Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Up
  • World
  • You

• I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.

  

  Cameron Crowe
  • Good
  • Fun
  • Think

• When you have a celebrity who is willing to shine his personal spotlight on the non-profit and can also speak articulately about the mission, that's really the best of both worlds.

  

  Adam Braun
  • Best
  • Speak
  • Celebrity

• I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • World
  • Strong
  • Me

• Everything I publish is for my readers.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Everything
  • Readers
  • Publish

• In early Islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. The prophet was a messenger. And one of the things that's happened in Islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Tradition
  • View
  • Islam

• I try to keep it the same, try to stay humble.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Same
  • Try
  • Humble

• People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.

  

  Omar Epps
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• My three best friends get me through everything: I need cute jeans, my kids are driving me crazy, I'm throwing a party, whatever. They keep me dialed in.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Kids
  • Friends
  • Party

• Our boundaries have dissolved, and we're going to still do things that are somewhat familiar that people like, but we're also going to stretch out and take chances beyond what we've done before.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Done
  • Boundaries

• I'm obsessed with the moon and space travel, so if I could incorporate that, I'd love to go to space.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Love
  • Space
  • Travel

• When I was younger, I didn't have any inspiration to like the skin I was in.

  

  Khoudia Diop
  • Inspiration

• People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

  

  Kurt Vonnegut
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