1,579 Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex.

And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? Safe sex of the highest order.

We are what we pretend to be.

If what Jesus said was good, what can it matter whether he was God or not?

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

Well, we are terribly divided politically, yes, and, you know, I don't mean to intimidate you and your listeners but I have a master's degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago.

the ideas in the piece seemed to make such great sense.

Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.

If somebody says "I love you" to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? "I love you, too."