Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, 1922 - 2007
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Kurt Vonnegut - That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) - That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup — mosaics of jokes. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - The arts put man at the center of the universe, whether he belongs there or not. Military science, on the other hand, treats man as garbage — and his children, and his cities, too. Military science is probably right about the contemptibility of man in the vastness of the universe. Still — I deny that contemptibility, and I beg you to deny it, through the creation of appreciation of art. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Bennington College commencement address (1970) - The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - The Sirens of Titan (1959) - The biggest truth to face now - what is probably making me unfunny now for the remainder of my life - is that I don't think people give a damn whether the planet goes or not. It seems to me as if everyone is living as members of Alcoholics Anonymous do, day by day. And a few more days will be enough. I know of very few people who are dreaming of a world for their grandchildren. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - A Man Without a Country (2005) - The Chicago City News Bureau was a tripwire for all the newspapers in town when I was there, and there were five papers, I think. We were out all the time around the clock and every time we came across a really juicy murder or scandal or whatever, they'd send the big time reporters and photographers, otherwise they'd run our stories. So that's what I was doing, and I was going to university at the same time. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - The computer revolution has allowed white-collar criminals to do what the Mob would have loved to do—put a pawnshop and a loan shark in every home! permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Interview with David Hoppe, Utne Reader (May/June 2003) - The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Mother Night (1962) - The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - A Man Without a Country (2005) - The library is full of stories of supposed triumphs which makes me very suspicious of it. It's misleading for people to read about great successes, since even for middle-class and upper-class white people, in my experience, failure is the norm. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Hocus Pocus (1990) - The most important message of a crucifix, to me anyway, was how unspeakably cruel supposedly sane human beings can be when under orders from a superior authority. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Hocus Pocus (1990) - The other American divisions on our flanks managed to pull out: We were obliged to stay and fight. Bayonets aren't much good against tanks. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Letter to his father after release from POW camp (29 May 1945) - The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - The public health authorities never mention the main reason many Americans have for smoking heavily, which is that smoking is a fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide. permalink
Kurt Vonnegut - Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)
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