15 Best Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae- Kurt Vonnegut
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Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be- Kurt Vonnegut
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The year was 2081 and everyone was equal-Kurt Vonnegut
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To who it may concern: It was springtime- It is late afternoon-Kurt Vonnegut
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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? - Kurt Vonnegut
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I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different- Kurt
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything- Kurt Vonnegut
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All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true- Kurt Vonnegut
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It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead-Kurt Vonnegut
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The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest-Kurt Vonnegut
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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-Kurt Vonnegut
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country-Kurt Vonnegut
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before- Kurt Vonnegut
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Here we are trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why- Kurt Vonnegut
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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-Kurt Vonnegut
There you have it 15 of the most famous quotes of Kurt Vonnegut. I hope you enjoyed it. Do you have a favorite Kurt Vonnegut novel or short story or favorite quote? Just write it in the comment box below.
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I love most of his quotes. Also I know one from book: "Slaughterhouse-Five" - "No art is possible without a dance with death."
I remember that he didn't want to use a computer to do his writing because this would put his assistant out of a job.. Kind man! Thanks for this great article!
I don't remember where I read it, perhaps in one of his novels, but someone was complaining about how messy his office was, and he said in response something like, "If you think this office is messy, you should see it in here," while tapping his forehead. Does anyone remember that from anywhere? He might've been describing his brother, now that I think about it.
Also, I remember in the beginning of Slapstick, he said the world needs less love and more common decency, and that we all should do more rolling around on the floor with dogs. I agree.
"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." That is my favorite quote from the list. Good job.
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Kurt Vonnegut
I could read 150 of these
You forgot one! Those are great, but my all-time favorite is:
"Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism; Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We're proud of being ignorant; that leaves virtue at our core. We aren't frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted."
I love this!! The one about that the high school class is wonderful and SOOOO true. I always love the one about responses to frustration and exhaustion. I will be using these in my email signature :) Great article!
These are great. He was a fabulous man and author.