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Universe Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut
- Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe.
- Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people's actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard evidence could never…
- The two prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.
- Children get smashed for hours on some strictly limited aspect of the Great Big Everything, the Universe, such as water or snow or mud or…
- Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique. Be…
- I've got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it ...
- As far as I'm concerned ... the Universe is a junk yard, with everything overpriced. I am through poking around in the junk heaps, looking…
- The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.
- Belief is nearly the whole of the universe whether based on truth or not.
- Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe.
- Sometimes I wonder about the Creator of the Universe.
- You are pooped and demoralised,” read Dwayne. “Why wouldn’t you be? Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe…
- Dear Sir, poor sir, brave sir." he read, "You are an experiment by the Creator of the Universe. You are the only creature in the…
- It appeared to the Elders that the people here would believe anything about themselves, no matter how preposterous, as long as it was flattering. To…
- What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!
- If I hadn’t spent so much time studying Earthlings," said the Tralfamadorian, "I wouldn’t have any idea what was meant by 'free will.' I've visited…
- Billy Pilgrim says that the Universe does not look like a lot of bright little dots to the creatures from Tralfamadore. The creatures can see…
- . . . but the Universe is an awfully big place. There is room enough for an awful lot of people to be right about…
- One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the Universe which he or she did not thoroughly…
- There was a message written in pencil on the tiles by the roller towel. This was it: What is the purpose of life? Trout plundered…
- And what is literature, Rabo," he said, "but an insider's newsletter about affairs relating to molecules, of no importance to anything in the universe but…
More Universe Quotes
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing… — Marcus Aurelius
- Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky,… — Sai Baba
- Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. — James A. Baldwin
- The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. — Ansel Adams
- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here,… — Douglas Adams
- In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a… — Douglas Adams
- The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. — Dave Barry
- The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. — Scott Adams
- The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe. — Catharine Beecher
- If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from. — Robert Benchley