--- title: "12 Lines Quotes By Kurt Vonnegut" description: "12 Lines quotes by Kurt Vonnegut. Plus more from Kurt Vonnegut and more Lines sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/kurt-vonnegut-41_failure_it-used-to-be-said-of-a-man-who-had-suff_1988973.jpg" --- > [It used to be said of a man who had suffered a catastrophic setback in his line of work that he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/it-used-to-be-said-of-a-man-who-had-suffered-a-catastrophic-setback/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/kurt-vonnegut-41_failure_it-used-to-be-said-of-a-man-who-had-suff_1988973.jpg) > [All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/all-the-great-story-lines-are-great-practical-jokes-that-people-fall/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/kurt-vonnegut-41_fall_all-the-great-story-lines-are-great-prac_1317133.jpg) > [There is no good reason good can't triumph over evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the mafia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/there-is-no-good-reason-good-can-t-triumph-over-evil-if-only-angels/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/kurt-vonnegut-41_angel_there-is-no-good-reason-good-can-t-trium_226176.jpg) > [Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/much-of-the-conversation-in-the-country-consisted-of-lines-from/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/kurt-vonnegut-41_communication_much-of-the-conversation-in-the-country_1611015.jpg) > [If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/if-you-make-people-laugh-or-cry-about-little-black-marks-on-sheets-of/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/kurt-vonnegut-41_black_if-you-make-people-laugh-or-cry-about-li_51136.jpg) > [Powers Hapgood had just come from court because there was some kind of dust-up on a picket line. The judge was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/powers-hapgood-had-just-come-from-court-because-there-was-some-kind/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/kurt-vonnegut-41_answers_powers-hapgood-had-just-come-from-court_57544.jpg) > [There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/there-is-no-reason-why-good-cannot-triumph-as-often-as-evil-the/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/kurt-vonnegut-41_angel_there-is-no-reason-why-good-cannot-trium_650075.jpg) > [I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his answer for several years. "My boy," he said, "you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-didn-t-know-then-what-a-sperm-was-and-so-wouldn-t-understand-his/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/kurt-vonnegut-41_answers_i-didn-t-know-then-what-a-sperm-was-and_1825261.jpg) > [Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/nobody-will-stop-you-from-creating-do-it-tonight-do-it-tomorrow-that-2/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/kurt-vonnegut-41_bed_nobody-will-stop-you-from-creating-do-it_2083410.jpg) > [“Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/moderate-giftedness-has-been-made-worthless-by-the-printing-press-and/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/kurt-vonnegut-41_champion_moderate-giftedness-has-been-made-worthl_897502.jpg) > [Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people's actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/mere-opinions-in-fact-were-as-likely-to-govern-people-s-actions-as/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/kurt-vonnegut-41_action_mere-opinions-in-fact-were-as-likely-to_233168.jpg) > [You hate America, don't you?' That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/you-hate-america-don-t-you-that-would-be-as-silly-as-loving-it-i-said/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/kurt-vonnegut-41_america_you-hate-america-don-t-you-that-would-be_1890671.jpg) ## Other authors on Lines ## 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/lines/kurt-vonnegut/#itemlist", "name": "12 Lines Quotes By Kurt Vonnegut", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It used to be said of a man who had suffered a catastrophic setback in his line of work that he had been handed his head on a platter. 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Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow - whether there is a market for it or not! The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. I would tell all of you watching this screen: Before you go to bed, write a four line poem. Make it as good as you can. Don't show it to anybody. Put it where nobody will find it. 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That is the way to make your soul grow…” — Kurt Vonnegut", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. 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