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Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

Scum of the Earth as some may be in their daily lives, they can all be saints in emergencies Picture Quote #1

There’s almost nothing like native Midwesterner anywhere else in the world, except in Asia. They’re miracles all in themselves Picture Quote #1

America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves Picture Quote #1

A chaplain’s assistant is customarily a figure of fun in the American Army Picture Quote #1

My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited Picture Quote #1

All the new technology seems redundant to me. I was quite happy with the United States mail service. And, I don’t even have an answering machine, for God’s sake Picture Quote #1

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I’m screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I’m funnier than a lot of people, I think, and that’s appreciated by young people Picture Quote #1

Armistice Day has become Veterans’ Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not Picture Quote #1

The practice of art isn’t to make a living. It’s to make your soul grow Picture Quote #1

The primary benefit of practicing any art, whether well or badly, is that it enables one’s soul to grow Picture Quote #1

I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep Picture Quote #1

I get up at 7:30 and work four hours a day. Nine to twelve in the morning, five to six in the evening. Businessmen would achieve better results if they studied human metabolism. No one works well eight hours a day. No one ought to work more than four hours Picture Quote #1

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This much I knew and know: I was making myself hideously uncomfortable by not narrowing my attention to details of life which were immediately important, and by refusing to believe what my neighbors believed Picture Quote #1

Bad guys turned informer. Good guys didn’t - no matter when, no matter what Picture Quote #1

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers - joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen Picture Quote #1

The Great Depression was going on, so that the station and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today. The newspapers were full of stories of worker layoffs and farm foreclosures and bank failures, just as they are today. All that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a Great Depression. We may even be hiding a Third World War Picture Quote #1

That’s what is was to be young - to be enthusiastic rather than envious about the good work other people could do Picture Quote #1

I concluded that the best thing for me and for those around me was to want nothing, to be enthusiastic about nothing, to be as unmotivated as possible, in fact, so that I would never again hurt anyone Picture Quote #1

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My God, the religious right will not acknowledge what a merciful person Jesus was Picture Quote #1

Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people’s actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard evidence could never be Picture Quote #1

The human beings also passed canteens, which guards would fill with water. When food came in, the human beings were quiet and trusting and beautiful. They shared Picture Quote #1

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed Picture Quote #1

Educate yourself, welcome life’s messiness, read Chekhov, avoid becoming an architect at all costs Picture Quote #1

One of the things that I tell beginning writers is this: If you describe a landscape, or a cityscape, or a seascape, always be sure to put a human figure somewhere in the scene. Why? Because readers are human beings, mostly interested in human beings. People are humanists. Most of them are humanists, that is Picture Quote #1

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When I’m being funny, I try not to offend. I don’t think much of what I’ve done has been in really ghastly taste. I don’t think I have embarrassed many people or distressed them Picture Quote #1

Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there’s no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We’re proud of being ignorant that leaves virtue at our core. We aren’t frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted Picture Quote #1

One of [ways being lucky] was to go to school during the Great Depression because teaching became a plum job Picture Quote #1

I’m mad about being old and I’m mad about being American. Apart from that, OK Picture Quote #1

I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best thing about us Picture Quote #1

He would make a good lamp post if he’d weather better and didn’t have to eat Picture Quote #1

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Scum of the Earth as some may be in their daily lives, they can all be saints in emergencies (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) There’s almost nothing like native Midwesterner anywhere else in the world, except in Asia. They’re miracles all in themselves. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) A chaplain’s assistant is customarily a figure of fun in the American Army (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) All the new technology seems redundant to me. I was quite happy with the United States mail service. And, I don’t even have an answering machine, for God’s sake. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I’m screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I’m funnier than a lot of people, I think, and that’s appreciated by young people. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Armistice Day has become Veterans’ Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) The practice of art isn’t to make a living. It’s to make your soul grow. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) The primary benefit of practicing any art, whether well or badly, is that it enables one’s soul to grow. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I get up at 7:30 and work four hours a day. Nine to twelve in the morning, five to six in the evening. Businessmen would achieve better results if they studied human metabolism. No one works well eight hours a day. No one ought to work more than four hours. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) This much I knew and know: I was making myself hideously uncomfortable by not narrowing my attention to details of life which were immediately important, and by refusing to believe what my neighbors believed. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Bad guys turned informer. Good guys didn’t - no matter when, no matter what. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) We few, we happy few, we band of brothers - joined in the serious business of keeping our food, shelter, clothing and loved ones from combining with oxygen. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) The Great Depression was going on, so that the station and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today. The newspapers were full of stories of worker layoffs and farm foreclosures and bank failures, just as they are today. All that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a Great Depression. We may even be hiding a Third World War. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) That’s what is was to be young - to be enthusiastic rather than envious about the good work other people could do. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I concluded that the best thing for me and for those around me was to want nothing, to be enthusiastic about nothing, to be as unmotivated as possible, in fact, so that I would never again hurt anyone. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) My God, the religious right will not acknowledge what a merciful person Jesus was (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people’s actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard evidence could never be. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) The human beings also passed canteens, which guards would fill with water. When food came in, the human beings were quiet and trusting and beautiful. They shared. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Educate yourself, welcome life’s messiness, read Chekhov, avoid becoming an architect at all costs. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) One of the things that I tell beginning writers is this: If you describe a landscape, or a cityscape, or a seascape, always be sure to put a human figure somewhere in the scene. Why? Because readers are human beings, mostly interested in human beings. People are humanists. Most of them are humanists, that is. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) When I’m being funny, I try not to offend. I don’t think much of what I’ve done has been in really ghastly taste. I don’t think I have embarrassed many people or distressed them. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there’s no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We’re proud of being ignorant that leaves virtue at our core. We aren’t frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) One of [ways being lucky] was to go to school during the Great Depression because teaching became a plum job. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I’m mad about being old and I’m mad about being American. Apart from that, OK. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best thing about us. (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) He would make a good lamp post if he’d weather better and didn’t have to eat (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes)

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