Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.was an American author. In a career spanning over 50 years, Vonnegut published fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of non-fiction. He is most famous for his darkly satirical, best-selling novel Slaughterhouse-Five...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth11 November 1922
CountryUnited States of America
dog war philosophical
I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He said it sure beat dying for absolutely nothing in the Viet Nam War.
life wells
Well here you are, there it is, THIS is what it's all about.
people together useless
The things other people have put into my head, at any rate, do not fit together nicely, are often useless and ugly, are out of proportion with one another, are out of proportion with life as it really is outside my head.
travel climbing dancing
Unusual travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God.
health compassion ideas
We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.
thinking justice people
Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information.
alive said communicate
What's the point of being alive," she said, "if you're not going to communicate?
thinking animal trying
We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.
artist appreciate people
I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.
funny sarcastic witty
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
school rose sixteen
Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school.
book eye eight
A book is an arrangement of twenty-six phonetic symbols, ten numerals, and about eight punctuation marks, and people can cast their eyes over these and envision the eruption of Mount Vesuvius or the Battle of Waterloo.
new-beginnings earth breakfast-of-champions
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
country war taken
I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened, though, is that it has been taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style coup d'etat imaginable.