Kurt Vonnegut Quotes, Thoughts and image

Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.

It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.

Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.

Everything is nothing, with a twist.

As stupid and vicious as men are, this is a lovely day.

People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.

We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.

Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.

If people insist on living as if there's no tomorrow, there really won't be one.

The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.

Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow.

Science is magic that works.

Well here you are, there it is, THIS is what it's all about.

Hate, in the long run, is about as nourishing as cyanide.

Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.

And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.

If your brains were dynamite there wouldn't be enough to blow your hat off.

Smoking is the only honorable form of suicide.

Nietzsche had a little one-liner on how to choose a wife. He said, ''Are you willing to have a conversation with this woman for the next forty years?'' That's how to pick a wife.

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable.