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?
KURT VONNEGUTHello 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.
More Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.
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If you can do no good, at least do no harm.
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
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I can have oodles of charm when I want to.
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
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Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn’t it such a relief to have somebody say that?
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Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.
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Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
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The only proof he needed for existence of god was music.
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Science is magic that works.
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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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Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
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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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