The nicest veterans, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who’d really fought.
KURT VONNEGUTThe only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected.
More Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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If your brains were dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off.
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We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
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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.
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Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?
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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
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What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.
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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.
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I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.
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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
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Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.
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Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.
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One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
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And yet another moral occurs to me now: Make love when you can. It’s good for you.
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
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