--- title: "9 Dumb Quotes By Kurt Vonnegut" description: "9 Dumb quotes by Kurt Vonnegut. Plus more from Kurt Vonnegut and more Dumb sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/kurt-vonnegut-41_dumb_get-out-of-the-road-you-dumb-motherfucke_2891353.jpg" --- > [“Get out of the road, you dumb motherfucker!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/get-out-of-the-road-you-dumb-motherfucker/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/kurt-vonnegut-41_dumb_get-out-of-the-road-you-dumb-motherfucke_2891353.jpg) > [Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/do-you-think-arabs-are-dumb-they-gave-us-our-numbers-try-doing-long/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/kurt-vonnegut-41_division_do-you-think-arabs-are-dumb-they-gave-us_1765599.jpg) > [“Psychology: (103.) Unk, the big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/psychology-103-unk-the-big-trouble-with-dumb-bastards-is-that-they/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/kurt-vonnegut-41_psychology_psychology-103-unk-the-big-trouble-with_870392.jpg) > [My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/my-soul-knows-my-meat-is-doing-bad-things-and-is-embarrassed-but-my/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/kurt-vonnegut-41_bad-thing_my-soul-knows-my-meat-is-doing-bad-thing_2175948.jpg) > [The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/the-big-trouble-with-dumb-bastards-is-that-they-are-too-dumb-to/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/kurt-vonnegut-41_being-smart_the-big-trouble-with-dumb-bastards-is-th_2413056.jpg) > [It posed the question posed by all such stone piles.: how had puny men moved stones so big? And, like all such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/it-posed-the-question-posed-by-all-such-stone-piles-how-had-puny-men/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/kurt-vonnegut-41_bigs_it-posed-the-question-posed-by-all-such_1488152.jpg) > [The government satirizes itself. All we can wish is that there will be a large number of Americans who will realize how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/the-government-satirizes-itself-all-we-can-wish-is-that-there-will-be/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/kurt-vonnegut-41_audience_the-government-satirizes-itself-all-we-c_429826.jpg) > [I paraphrase Aristotle: If you want to be comical, write about people to whom the audience can feel superior; if you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-paraphrase-aristotle-if-you-want-to-be-comical-write-about-people/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/kurt-vonnegut-41_audience_i-paraphrase-aristotle-if-you-want-to-be_1460620.jpg) > [“I think Willim Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank though, that's not saying much.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-think-willim-shakespeare-was-the-wisest-human-being-i-ever-heard-of/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/kurt-vonnegut-41_animal_i-think-willim-shakespeare-was-the-wises_181984.jpg) ## Other authors on Dumb ## More by Kurt Vonnegut > [“You must bloom as a writer and I must bloom as a painter. Everything else about us is uninteresting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/you-must-bloom-as-a-writer-and-i-must-bloom-as-a-painter-everything/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“People aren't supposed to look back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/people-aren-t-supposed-to-look-back/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“Have a good nap, did you?” said the porter. “Yes,” said Billy. “Man,” said the porter, “you sure had a hard-on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/have-a-good-nap-did-you-said-the-porter-yes-said-billy-man-said-the/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“I told him that if we doubted that we are demons in Hell, he should read The Mysterious Stranger, which Mark Twain wrote in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-told-him-that-if-we-doubted-that-we-are-demons-in-hell-he-should/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [ “Thomas Jefferson High School \[..\] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/thomas-jefferson-high-school-his-high-school-was-named-after-a-slave/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“I had a certain amount of skill as a dramatist, and Dr. Goebbels wanted me to use it”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-had-a-certain-amount-of-skill-as-a-dramatist-and-dr-goebbels-wanted/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-was-some-of-the-mud-that-got-to-sit-up-and-look-around-lucky-me/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“The town was Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Earth, Solar System, Milky Way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/the-town-was-newport-rhode-island-u-s-a-earth-solar-system-milky-way/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“Her face was one of a kind, a surprising variation that made observers think, Yes--that would be another very nice way for people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/her-face-was-one-of-a-kind-a-surprising-variation-that-made-observers/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“You finally fell in love, I see,” said Salo. “Only an Earthling year ago,” said Constant. “It took us that long to realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/you-finally-fell-in-love-i-see-said-salo-only-an-earthling-year-ago/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“Like all Earthlings at the point of death, Mary Young sent faint reminders of herself to those who had known her. She released a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/like-all-earthlings-at-the-point-of-death-mary-young-sent-faint/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“And contrast Mary Kathleen, if you will, with my wife Ruth, the Ophelia of the death camps, who believed that even the most intelligent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/and-contrast-mary-kathleen-if-you-will-with-my-wife-ruth-the-ophelia/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end, And our God will take things back that He to us did lend. And if,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/someday-someday-this-crazy-world-will-have-to-end-and-our-god-will/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“They were going back to the slaughterhouse for souvenirs of the war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/they-were-going-back-to-the-slaughterhouse-for-souvenirs-of-the-war/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) > [“There are plenty of good reasons for fighting," I said, "but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/there-are-plenty-of-good-reasons-for-fighting-i-said-but-no-good/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dumb/kurt-vonnegut/#itemlist", "name": "9 Dumb Quotes By Kurt Vonnegut", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Get out of the road, you dumb motherfucker!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kurt Vonnegut" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/get-out-of-the-road-you-dumb-motherfucker/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/kurt-vonnegut-41_dumb_get-out-of-the-road-you-dumb-motherfucke_2891353.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/kurt-vonnegut-41_dumb_get-out-of-the-road-you-dumb-motherfucke_2891353.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/kurt-vonnegut-41_dumb_get-out-of-the-road-you-dumb-motherfucke_2891353.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Get out of the road, you dumb motherfucker!” — Kurt Vonnegut", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do you think Arabs are dumb? 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