Kurt Vonnegut Quotes about Fighting

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There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It's that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive....it's that part of an imbecile that punishes and vilifies and makes war gladly.

Kurt Vonnegut

Hate, War, Fighting

You can't fight progress. The best you can do is ignore it, until it finally takes your livelihood and self-respect away.

Kurt Vonnegut

Fighting, Self, Progress

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

Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.

Kurt Vonnegut

Crazy, Kids, Fighting

"Cold Turkey" by Kurt Vonnegut, inthesetimes.com. May 10, 2004.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

Kurt Vonnegut

Hate, Fighting, Imagine

FaceBook post by Kurt Vonnegut from Nov 21, 2015

On the day they dropped the bomb Frank had a tablespoon and a Mason jar. What he was doing was spooning different kinds of bugs into the jar and making them fight....I can remember other bug fights we staged later on...They won't fight unless you keep shaking the jar.

Kurt Vonnegut

Fighting, Different, Bombs

His response was to fight it with the only weapons at hand—passive resistance and open displays of contempt.

Kurt Vonnegut

Fighting, Hands, Passive Resistance

Kurt Vonnegut (2007). “The Sirens of Titan”, p.203, Dial Press

I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please - a little less love, and a little more common decency."

Kurt Vonnegut

Life, Breakup, Fighting

Kurt Vonnegut (2010). “Slapstick or Lonesome No More”, p.2, Random House