The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. Kurt Vonnegut bigplaceuniverse Change image and share on social
When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been in really ghastly taste. I don't think I have embarrassed many people or distressed them. Kurt Vonnegut distressembarrassfunny Change image and share on social
When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed. Kurt Vonnegut beautycomfortenlightenment Change image and share on social
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. Kurt Vonnegut bewarefindhard Change image and share on social
People need good lies. There are too many bad ones. Kurt Vonnegut badgoodlie Change image and share on social
I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that utterly functionless capacity. We Humanists behave as well as we can, without any rewards or punishments in an Afterlife. Kurt Vonnegut afterlifeamericanasimov share on social
If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy. Kurt Vonnegut enemyfriendnature Change image and share on social
Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say? Kurt Vonnegut bindfreedomgag Change image and share on social
Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia. Kurt Vonnegut beingcancercommunity share on social
Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. 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 do not care about them. You are not alone. Kurt Vonnegut answerbothercare share on social
