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Kurt Vonnegut

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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
8 years
There's only one rule that I know of, babies — God damn it, you've got to be kind.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
5 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
2 years
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
9 years
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
5 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
There's only one rule that I know of, babies — God damn it, you've got to be kind.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
2 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
8 years
They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and this is a good argument against atheism. I think it's a better argument against foxholes.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
If you can do no good, at least do no harm.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
2 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
The most daring thing to do with your life is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
5 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
5 years
If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
2 years
So it goes.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
2 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and this is a good argument against atheism. I think it's a better argument against foxholes.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
Smoking is the only honorable form of suicide.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
8 years
Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
The most daring thing to do with your life is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and this is a good argument against atheism. I think it's a better argument against foxholes.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
5 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
8 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, and don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
10 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
5 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
The most important message of a crucifix, was how cruel supposedly sane human beings can be when under orders from a superior authority.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
8 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
There's only one rule that I know of, babies — God damn it, you've got to be kind.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
1 year
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
2 years
Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
10 years
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, and don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
3 years
Doesn't anything socialistic make you want to throw up? Like great public schools, or health insurance for all?
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
2 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
7 years
I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of reward or punishment after I'm dead
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
5 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
How embarrassing to be human.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
6 years
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
4 years
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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@Kurt_Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
10 years
There's only one rule that I know of, babies — God damn it, you've got to be kind.
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