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
business weekend management
Never schedule a board meeting on Wednesday because it kills two weekends.
business management accomplish
A committee of three can accomplish much if two don't show up.
magic
Science is magic that works.
love inspirational life
And 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.
There are too many of us and we are all too far apart.
There are too many of us and we are all too far apart.
responsibility steps turns
And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
encouragement giving-up communication
Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but world's champions.
nature philosophy sleep
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.
simple naked understood
Jokes have to be quite naked to be understood. They have to be quite simple.
students geography knows
George W. Bush has gathered around him upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography.
america culture jazz
What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of this planet so far? Many would say jazz. I, who love jazz, will say this instead: Alcoholics Anonymous.
reader
You've got to be a good date for the reader.
simple soul proud
Beware of "grandfalloons" and "foma". A "grandfalloon" is a proud and meaningless association of human beings. "Foma" are harmless truths intended to comfort simple souls.