Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Rest in Peace
Quotes by KVJR:
If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'.
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
I can have oodles of charm when I want to.
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber
How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.
If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'.
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
I can have oodles of charm when I want to.
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber
How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.