More Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut
It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love. It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him. What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that had flickered out.
Nietzsche had a little one-liner on how to choose a wife. He said, ''Are you willing to have a conversation with this woman for the next forty years?'' That's how to pick a wife.
Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.
It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it.
There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It's that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive....it's that part of an imbecile that punishes and vilifies and makes war gladly.
The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.
As stupid and vicious as men are, this is a lovely day.
A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
