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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Science is magic that works.
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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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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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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 your brains were dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off.
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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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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
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If you can do no good, at least do no harm.
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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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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
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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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Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
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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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There are too many of us and we are all too far apart.
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Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.
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I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine.
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Wake up, you idiots! Whatever made you think that money was so valuable?
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