Quotes by kurt vonnegut

“He hadn't killed nearly as many people as I had. But then again, he hadn't had my advantage, which was the full cooperation of our Government.”

“It was The Gospel From Outer Space, by Kilgore Trout. It was about a visitor from outer space... [who] made a serious study of Christianity, to learn, if he could, why Christians found it so easy t...”

“I had made her so unhappy that she had developed a sense of humor. [-Rabo Karabekian]”

“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.”

“Hello 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 ...”

“Only one English word adequately describes his transformation of the islands from worthless to priceless: magical.”

“It is, in the imagination of combat's fans, the divinely listless loveplay that follows the orgasm of victory. It is called 'mopping up.”

“They made a science out of people?" she said. "What a crazy science that must be."--"Mr. Z”

“Bertrand Russell declared that, in case he met God, he would say to Him, "Sir, you did not give us enough information." I would add to that, "All the same, Sir, I'm not persuaded that we did the be...”

“The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”

“The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.”

“I'd rather have written "Cheers" than anything I've written.”

“We are what we pretend to be so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

“Educating a beautiful woman is like pouring honey into a fine Swiss watch: everything stops.”

“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines ...”

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”

“I want to stand 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.”

“And so it goes...”

“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this coun...”