Kurt Vonnegut, "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut, "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004 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 entertained us. Kurt Vonnegut, "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004 There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president. Kurt Vonnegut, "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004