During most of my freelancing, I made what I would have made in charge of the cafeteria at a pretty good junior-high school. Kurt Vonnegut cafeteriachargefreelance Change image and share on social
Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God. Kurt Vonnegut almightygodhand Change image and share on social
There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look. Kurt Vonnegut lovepeopleworld Change image and share on social
I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me. Kurt Vonnegut dogletlike Change image and share on social
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become. Kurt Vonnegut commodityearthknowledge Change image and share on social
One of the things that I tell beginning writers is this: If you describe a landscape, or a cityscape, or a seascape, always be sure to put a human figure somewhere in the scene. Why? Because readers are human beings, mostly interested in human beings. People are humanists. Most of them are humanists, that is. Kurt Vonnegut beginbeingcityscape share on social
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Kurt Vonnegut afterwardcleanexhaustion Change image and share on social
Actually, to be an effective person politically in this country, I think you have to be thirty or over, and also you have to be rich, well-placed, you have to be close to power. And I don't think that young people, because they look young, can do much, as I think they are counterproductive. Kurt Vonnegut closecounterproductivecountry share on social
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap. Kurt Vonnegut cheapdamnearth Change image and share on social
I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's been very little gratitude for this. Kurt Vonnegut bringchemistrydepartment Change image and share on social