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Kurt Vonnegut quotes

American Author, Writer November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007

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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. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental."
All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental. Kurt Vonnegut
. . . but the Universe is an awfully big place. There is room enough for an awful lot of people to be right about things and still not agree. Kurt Vonnegut
the people of the united states were...spoiled children, who are begging for a frightening but just daddy to tell them exactly what to do Kurt Vonnegut
The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety again. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "A saint is a person who behaves decently in a shockingly..."
A saint is a person who behaves decently in a shockingly indecent society. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Everything is all right, and everybody has to do exactly what..."
Everything is all right, and everybody has to do exactly what he does. I learned that on Tralfamadore. Kurt Vonnegut
More and more people back then, and not just Andrew MacIntosh, had found ensuring the survival of the human race a total bore. Kurt Vonnegut
During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that he had somehow accomplished something worthwhile in the process of making the Supreme Sacrifice. Kurt Vonnegut
Keeping big secrets, particularly secrets about things of one's own doing, is a tough proposition for even very bright people. Kurt Vonnegut
I have since tried out this human-beings-as-nothing-but-radio-receivers theory on Paul Slazinger, and he toyed with it some. "So Green River Cemetery is full of busted radios," he mused, "and the transmitters they were tuned to still go on and on."That's the theory," I said. He said that all he'd been able to receive in his own head for the past twenty years was static and what sounded like weather reports in some foreign language he'd never heard before. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Don't blame you for trying to run away from yourself," said..."
Don't blame you for trying to run away from yourself," said Confido, "but it can't be done - not even in a Buick. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going..."
People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "People aren't supposed to look back."
People aren't supposed to look back. Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without..."
Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. Kurt Vonnegut

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