1,579 Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

All writers are going to have to learn more about science, because it's such an interesting part of their environment.

The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals.

All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.

bergeron's epitaph for the planet, i remember, which he said should be carved in big letters in a wall of the grand canyon for the flying-saucer people to find was this: WE COULD HAVE SAVED IT, BUT WE WERE TOO DOGGONE CHEAP. only he didn't say "doggone.

You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed, unpatched clothes, so rich Americans can stand to look at them.

You are better than you think. A-one, a-two a-three.

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.

The biggest truth to face now - what is probably making me unfunny now for the remainder of my life - is that I don't think people give a damn whether the planet goes or not. It seems to me as if everyone is living as members of Alcoholics Anonymous do, day by day. And a few more days will be enough. I know of very few people who are dreaming of a world for their grandchildren.