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Memorable Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut
- It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is…
- Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors…
- 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…
- I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.
- We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
- All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.
- 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…
- There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such…
- I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far.…
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- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
- I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
- Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. — Lauren Bacall
- I am not a has-been. I am a will be. — Lauren Bacall
- It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially. — Lauren Bacall
- In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity. — Lauren Bacall
- The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. — Joan Baez