1,579 Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.

Everything about life is a joke. Don't you know that?

The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.

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

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with their being persuaded that all participants were equally vile.

This is Sunday, and the question arises, what'll I start tomorrow?

With words alone, Gail Godwin has created an important piece of music about a love which death can only increase and deepen. Yes, and Frances Halsband's illustrations are a haunting countermelody.

Well, to admire the hell out of Jesus Christ or of everyone who speaks well. And, well my grandfather said is-- if-- what Jesus said was marvelous. What does it matter whether he was God or not? And it doesn't matter. So this is a human being who spoke extremely well, and we humanists listened.

I consider writing an act of good citizenship.