More from Kurt Vonnegut
We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut Science is magic that works.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut If somebody says ‘I love you’ to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? ‘I love you, too’.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies- God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut All this happened, more or less.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it, and I think it can be poisonous. 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 VonnegutKurt Vonnegut And yet another moral occurs to me now: Make love when you can. It’s good for you.
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ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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More on believe
At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.
Howard SchultzHoward Schultz Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.
Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Gods plan hurts sometimes.
Liliana Arratia ZamoraLiliana Arratia Zamora I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody’s that smart.
Charlie MungerCharlie Munger The only person that needs to believe in you, is you.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard
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