1,579 Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

Socialism is, in fact, a form of Christianity, people wishing to imitate Christ.

egregious. most people think that word means terrible or unheard of or unforgivable. it has a much more interesting story than that to tell. it means "outside the herd." imagine that - thousands of people, outside the herd.

Don't put anything into a story that does not reveal character or advance the action.

I've been drawing all my life, just as a hobby, without really having shows or anything. It's just an agreeable thing to do, and I recommend it to everybody.

They like life alright, but that they would like it even better if they could know that it was going to end sometime.

I have no degree in biochemistry, neither do I have one in mechanical engineering, as the Army saw fit to terminate both courses before they were finished.

Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts. And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.

It used to be said of a man who had suffered a catastrophic setback in his line of work that he had been handed his head on a platter. We are being handed our heads with tweezers now.

We are all experiments in enthusiasms, narrow and preordained.