Kurt Vonnegut Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Kurt Vonnegut quotes, Kurt Vonnegut sayings, and Kurt Vonnegut proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut
You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food. Kurt Vonnegut
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Kurt Vonnegut
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything. Kurt Vonnegut
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. Kurt Vonnegut
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Kurt Vonnegut
It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead. Kurt Vonnegut
If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. Kurt Vonnegut
Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. Kurt Vonnegut
Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable. Kurt Vonnegut
I went to New York to be born again. Kurt Vonnegut
Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable. Kurt Vonnegut
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Kurt Vonnegut
The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety again. Kurt Vonnegut
Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school. Kurt Vonnegut
What's going to happen is, very soon, we're going to run out of petroleum, and everything depends on petroleum. And there go the school buses. There go the fire engines. The food trucks will come to a halt. This is the end of the world. Kurt Vonnegut
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Kurt Vonnegut
Fuller's cigar in the night was a beacon warning carefree, frivolous people away. It was plainly a cigar smoked in anger. Kurt Vonnegut
We're not too young for love, just too young for about everything there is that goes with love. Kurt Vonnegut
Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes. Kurt Vonnegut
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. Kurt Vonnegut
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. Kurt Vonnegut
If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. Kurt Vonnegut
There is nothing left of him but curiosity and a pair of eyes. Kurt Vonnegut
One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. Kurt Vonnegut
Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind. Kurt Vonnegut
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything. Kurt Vonnegut
Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide. Kurt Vonnegut
Anybody with any sense knows the whole solar system will go up like a celluloid collar by-and-by. Kurt Vonnegut
Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind. Kurt Vonnegut