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Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

What antidote can there be for an idea that popular and poisonous? Revenge provides revenge, which is sure to provide revenge, forming an endless chain of human misery. Here’s the antidote: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Amen Picture Quote #1

Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow Picture Quote #1

This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: they allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence. They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound like yourself. 6. Say what you mean to say. 7. Pity the readers Picture Quote #1

The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think there would be many jokes, if there weren’t constant frustration and fear and so forth. It’s a response to bad troubles like crime Picture Quote #1

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 flickered out Picture Quote #1

All through the day I’m so confident. That’s why I’m such a good salesman, you know? I have confidence, and I look like I have confidence, and that gives other people confidence Picture Quote #1

I have this theory about why men kill each other and break things... Never mind. It’s a dumb theory. I was going to say it was all sexual... But everything is sexual... But alcohol Picture Quote #1

This script, it seems to me, is the work of professionals who yearned to be as charming as inspired amateurs can sometimes be Picture Quote #1

What do I myself think of this particular book? I feel lousy about it, but I always feel lousy about my books Picture Quote #1

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You are pooped and demoralized. why wouldn’t you be? Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable Picture Quote #1

The most useful thing I could do before this meeting is to keel over. On the other hand, artists are keeling over by the thousands every day and nobody seems to pay the least attention Picture Quote #1

History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. Please write that down Picture Quote #1

We’re having a celebration, so all sorts of things have been said which are not true, I said. That’s how to act at a party Picture Quote #1

If facts weren’t funny, or scary, or couldn’t make you rich, the heck with them Picture Quote #1

The most important message of a crucifix, to me anyway, was how unspeakably cruel supposedly sane human beings can be when under orders from a superior authority Picture Quote #1

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She was an alcoholic. I didn’t blame myself for that. The worst problem in the life of any alcoholic is alcohol Picture Quote #1

I wish I had been born a bird instead, he said. I wish we had all been born birds instead Picture Quote #1

Isn’t something somebody else gives you. That’s something you give to yourself Picture Quote #1

Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people don’t care about them. You are not alone Picture Quote #1

Why throw money at problems? That’s what money is for. Should the nation’s wealth be redistributed? It has been and continues to be redistributed to a few people in a manner strikingly unhelpful Picture Quote #1

Freud said he didn’t know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to Picture Quote #1

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What do men want? they want a lot of pals, and they wish that people wouldn’t get so mad at them Picture Quote #1

I am of course notoriously hooked on cigarettes. I keep hoping the things will kill me. A fire at one end and a fool at the other Picture Quote #1

A joke is like building a mousetrap from scratch. You have to work pretty hard to make the thing snap when it is supposed to snap Picture Quote #1

Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful Picture Quote #1

The pills were ethical because they didn’t interfere with a person’s ability to reproduce, which would have been unnatural and immoral. all the pills did was take every bit of pleasure out of sex Picture Quote #1

What could be more essential in a pluralistic society like ours than that every citizen see dignity in every other human being everywhere? Picture Quote #1

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What antidote can there be for an idea that popular and poisonous? Revenge provides revenge, which is sure to provide revenge, forming an endless chain of human misery. Here’s the antidote: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Amen (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: they allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence. They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) 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 (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) 1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound like yourself. 6. Say what you mean to say. 7. Pity the readers (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I don’t think there would be many jokes, if there weren’t constant frustration and fear and so forth. It’s a response to bad troubles like crime (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) 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 flickered out (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) All through the day I’m so confident. That’s why I’m such a good salesman, you know? I have confidence, and I look like I have confidence, and that gives other people confidence (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I have this theory about why men kill each other and break things... Never mind. It’s a dumb theory. I was going to say it was all sexual... But everything is sexual... But alcohol (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) This script, it seems to me, is the work of professionals who yearned to be as charming as inspired amateurs can sometimes be (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) What do I myself think of this particular book? I feel lousy about it, but I always feel lousy about my books (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) You are pooped and demoralized. why wouldn’t you be? Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) The most useful thing I could do before this meeting is to keel over. On the other hand, artists are keeling over by the thousands every day and nobody seems to pay the least attention (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. Please write that down (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) We’re having a celebration, so all sorts of things have been said which are not true, I said. That’s how to act at a party (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) If facts weren’t funny, or scary, or couldn’t make you rich, the heck with them (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) The most important message of a crucifix, to me anyway, was how unspeakably cruel supposedly sane human beings can be when under orders from a superior authority (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) She was an alcoholic. I didn’t blame myself for that. The worst problem in the life of any alcoholic is alcohol (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I wish I had been born a bird instead, he said. I wish we had all been born birds instead (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Isn’t something somebody else gives you. That’s something you give to yourself (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people don’t care about them. You are not alone (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Why throw money at problems? That’s what money is for. Should the nation’s wealth be redistributed? It has been and continues to be redistributed to a few people in a manner strikingly unhelpful (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Freud said he didn’t know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) What do men want? they want a lot of pals, and they wish that people wouldn’t get so mad at them (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) I am of course notoriously hooked on cigarettes. I keep hoping the things will kill me. A fire at one end and a fool at the other (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) A joke is like building a mousetrap from scratch. You have to work pretty hard to make the thing snap when it is supposed to snap (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) The pills were ethical because they didn’t interfere with a person’s ability to reproduce, which would have been unnatural and immoral. all the pills did was take every bit of pleasure out of sex (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) What could be more essential in a pluralistic society like ours than that every citizen see dignity in every other human being everywhere? (Kurt Vonnegut Quotes)

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