Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

American author

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
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We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
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Science is magic that works.
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
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If your brains were dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off.
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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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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
– Kurt Vonnegut

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We’re terrible animals. I think that the Earth’s immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.
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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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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 we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
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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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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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If you can do no good, at least do no harm.
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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.
– Kurt Vonnegut

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The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected.
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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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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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There are too many of us and we are all too far apart.
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