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 think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One of the most impressive ways to tell your war story is to refuse to tell it, you know. Civilians would then have to imagine all kinds of deeds of derring-do. Kurt Vonnegut askbattlecivilian 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
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
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
To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon. Kurt Vonnegut afternoonconcernlate 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
