Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.
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Like most science-fiction writers, Trout knew almost nothing about science.
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If you can do no good, at least do no harm.
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Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on.
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Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals.
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Here was what Kilgore Trout cried out to me in my father's voice: 'Make me young, make me young, make me young!'
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Doctor Paul Proteus, son of a successful man, himself rich with prospects of being richer, counted his material blessings. He found that he was in excellent shape to afford integrity.
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America's soldiers are being treated … like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.
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All through the day I'm so confident. That's why I'm such a good salesman, you know? I have confidence, and I look like I have confidence, and that gives other people confidence.
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People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.
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Freud said he didn’t know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to.
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'You go up to a man, and you say, ‘How are things going, Joe?’ And he says, ‘Oh fine, fine-couldn’t be better.’ And you look into his eyes, and you see things really couldn’t be much worse. When you get right down to it, everybody’s having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everybody. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much.'
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Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be.
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What do men want? They want a lot of pals, and they wish that people wouldn’t get so mad at them.
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And I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.
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I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves 'Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment.'
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It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show.
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I now make my living by being impolite. I am clumsy at it.
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I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best thing about us.
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During the Vietnam War, Abbie Hoffman announced that the new high was banana peels taken rectally. So then FBI scientists stuffed banana peels up their asses to find out if this was true or not.
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Well, I just want to say that George W. Bush is the syphilis president.
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1. Find a subject you care about.2. Do not ramble, though.3. Keep it simple.4. Have the guts to cut.5. Sound like yourself.6. Say what you mean to say.7. Pity the readers.
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You know, the truth can be really powerful stuff. You're not expecting it.
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Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;Man got to tell himself he understand.