I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That's the pitch. We'll see. Kurt Vonnegut buildfictionhope 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
People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. Kurt Vonnegut churchdaydreamgod Change image and share on social
A chaplain's assistant is customarily a figure of fun in the American Army. Kurt Vonnegut americanarmyassistant Change image and share on social
The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very much with his life anyway. The example usually is: he wasn't going to compose Beethoven's Fifth. Kurt Vonnegut beethovencomposefelt Change image and share on social
What troubles me most about my lovely country is that its children are seldom taught that American freedom will vanish, if, when they grow up, and in the exercise of their duties as citizens, they insist that our courts and policemen and prisons be guided by divine or natural law. Kurt Vonnegut americanchildcitizen share on social
One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand. Kurt Vonnegut leadsortsuspect Change image and share on social
Science sent the Hubble telescope out into space, so it could capture light and the absence thereof, from the very beginning of time. And the telescope really did that. So now we know that there was once absolutely nothing, such a perfect nothing that there wasn't even nothing or once. Kurt Vonnegut absenceabsolutelybegin share on social
What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. Kurt Vonnegut communitycreatecure Change image and share on social
As a Humanist, I love science. I hate superstition, which could never have given us A-bombs. Kurt Vonnegut bombhatehumanist Change image and share on social