1,579 Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own.

The umpire had comical news. The congregation had been theoretically spotted from the air by a theoretical enemy. They were all theoretically dead now. The theoretical corpses laughed and ate a hearty noontime meal.

All male writers, incidentally, no matter how broke or otherwise objectionable, have pretty wives. Somebody should look into this.

I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked him if he'd been drunk the night before, he would always answer offhandedly, 'Oh, I imagine.' I've always liked that answer. It acknowledges life as a dream.

You want to know something? We are still in the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages--they haven't ended yet.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

Those who live by electronics die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis.

Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that comes to those who cannot let go of the past