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More Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut
Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne.
I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.
A lack of seriousness has led to all sorts of wonderful insights.
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.
We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.
To be is to do - Socrates To do is to be - Sartre Do Be Do Be Do - Sinatra
Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.
My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.
I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
