Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.
Quotes to Explore
-
As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
-
I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
-
I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
-
The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
-
You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
-
I just don't think men fancy me.
-
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
-
There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
-
There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.
-
I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
-
I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
-
Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
-
Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
-
Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
-
I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
-
I'm a historian in my own mind.
-
When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
-
I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
-
As he followed Bill back to the others a wry though came to him, born no doubt of the wine he had drunk. He seemed set on course to become just as reckless a godfather to Teddy Lupin as Sirius Black had been to him.
-
I learned everything along the way. I only performed five times before I was in the public eye.
-
It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one-tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service.
-
I don't understand when people are being greedy or mean, when they say who should get what, when they get control of someone else's life.
-
About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.
