Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

“Tiger got to hunt, Bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, Bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

topic:understanding nature

“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, A Man Without a Country

topic:power politics

“I'm going to go on a diet. I'm going to become beautiful for you.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

topic:beauty

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before . . . He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

topic:wisdom learning ignorance

“Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

topic:religion lie

“That's one thing Earthlings might leam to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

topic:good

“She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

topic:stupidity

“People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

topic:world people

“'It's a small world,' . . . 'When you put it in a cemetery, it is.'”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

topic:world

“Everything you think you think because somebody promoted the ideas. Education—nothing but promotion.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

topic:education

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