English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

Kurt Vonnegut quote: "People aren't supposed to look back."

People aren't supposed to look back.

Kurt Vonnegut

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Marcel Proust quote: "True life life at last discovered and illuminated the only..."
True life life at last discovered and illuminated the only life therefore really lived that life is literature. Marcel Proust
Judy Woodruff quote: "If image is everything, how can the Democratic presidential..."
If image is everything, how can the Democratic presidential hopefuls compete with a President fresh from a war victory. Judy Woodruff
Norodom Sihamoni quote: "I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people..."
I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation. Norodom Sihamoni
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Thomas Jefferson
Kirstie Alley quote: "The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I'm not..."
The reason I went for Jenny Craig is I thought, Maybe I'm not the only one who has stupid reasons for getting fat. Kirstie Alley
There's so much with my character in 'Dredd' that I identify with. She's my favorite character I think I've ever played. She's the most dynamic and fascinating woman that I could even imagine playing, so I love her. What I love about her is that her sensitivity is her greatest strength. Olivia Thirlby
Randy West quote: "Of course watching a particularly exciting game or a wonderful..."
Of course watching a particularly exciting game or a wonderful contestant is always a joy. Randy West
You like a cracker? What kind of cracker? Graham, chocolate, cocoanut, whatever you want. Maybe just a plain cracker. I don't have plain crackers. I got graham, chocolate and cocoanut. Alright, a graham cracker. They're in the kitchen, in the closet. Maybe later. Neil Simon
Benjamin Disraeli quote: "Never complain and never explain."
Never complain and never explain. Benjamin Disraeli
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Leo Tolstoy
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes..."
Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed. Chuck Palahniuk
In a sense, the better you adapt to school the less your chances are of later adapting to the actual world. So I figure, the worse you adapt to school, the better you will be able to handle reality when you finally manage to get loose at last from school, if that ever happens. But I guess I have what in the military they call a 'poor attitude,' which means 'shape up or ship out.' I always elected to ship out. Philip K. Dick
Even when Darwin's teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning the evolution of living nature, was antagonistic to the idealism that reigned in biology. Trofim Lysenko
Shmuel Y. Agnon quote: "Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him..."
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk. Shmuel Y. Agnon
A man's presence suggests what he is capable of doing to you or for you. By contrast, a woman's presence . . . defines what can and cannot be done to her. John Berger