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Kurt Vonnegut Quotes - Page 15

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Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore.

Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore.

People, Opinion, Thanks

Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Galapagos: A Novel”, Dial Press

I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on.

Book, Grateful, Knack

Kurt Vonnegut (1998). “Timequake”, p.138, Penguin

The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety again.

Practice Of Medicine, Safety, Pleasure

... uncritical love is the only real treasure.

Love, Real, Love Is

Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.42, Dial Press

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.

Inspirational, Sad, Regret

Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Cat's Cradle: A Novel”, p.279, Dial Press

If what Jesus said was good, what can it matter whether he was God or not?

Jesus, Matter, Said

Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian”, p.8, Seven Stories Press

It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet?

Intelligent, Bird, Slaughterhouse Five

Kurt Vonnegut (2002). “Slaughterhouse-Five”, Spark Notes

One good thing about TV is, if you die violently, God forbid, on camera, you will not have died in vain because you will be great entertainment.

Cameras, Entertainment, Tvs

Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. June 12, 2003.

The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody.

Would Be, Want, Used

Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut”, p.152, Univ. Press of Mississippi

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.

Men, Thinking, Fire

Kurt Vonnegut (2007). “The Sirens of Titan”, p.247, Dial Press

It's an astonishing skill that people can read, and read well. Very few people can read well. For instance, I have to be very careful with irony, saying something while meaning the exact opposite.

Opposites, Skills, People

Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. June 12, 2003.

I wasn't aware of Ku Klux Klan as I was aware of the widespread assumption that African-Americans were dumber than white people. I think my father believed that. I think everybody white did.

Father, Thinking, Ku Klux Klan

To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life.

Watches, Innocent, Wisps

Kurt Vonnegut (1982). “Deadeye Dick”, Delacorte Press

Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

Writing, Pneumonia, Making Love

Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction”, Putnam Publishing Group

Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school.

School, Rose, Sixteen

Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!”, CNIB, 197

There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers.

Book, Reading, Wonderful

Kurt Vonnegut (1988). “Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut”, p.194, Univ. Press of Mississippi

It is just an illusion here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone, it is gone forever.

Forever, Slaughterhouse Five, Gone

Harold Bloom, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (2009). “Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five”, p.9, Infobase Publishing

Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year-old what he is doing is a charlatan.

Eight, Years, Scientist

"Cat's Cradle". Book by Kurt Vonnegut, Chapter 16, 1963.

Trout's leading robot looked like a human being, and could talk and dance and so on, and go out with girls. And nobody held it against him that he dropped jellied gasoline on people. But they found his halitosis unforgivable. But then he cleared that up, and he was welcomed to the human race.

Girl, Race, People

KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE”

No art is possible without a dance with death.

Art, Art Is

KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE”

One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.

War, Character, People

KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE”

The complicated futility of ignorance.

Ignorance, Complicated, Futility

Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.92, Penguin

I wanted all things to seem to make some sense, So we could all be happy, yes, instead of tense. And I made up lies, so they all fit nice, and I made this sad world a paradise

Lying, Nice, World

The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afraid of pain now, Unk, but you won't learn anything if you don't invite the pain. And the more you learn, the gladder you will be to stand the pain.

Pain, Invites, Train

Kurt Vonnegut (1970). “The Sirens of Titan: An Original Novel”, New York : Dell

The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said, “To provide touches of color in rooms with all-white walls.” Another one said, “To describe blow-jobs artistically.

Jobs, Wall, Blow

KURT VONNEGUT, JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE”

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