I pity the Jews trying to get through life with only half a Bible. That's like trying to get from here to San Francisco with a road map that stops at Dubuque, Iowa. Kurt Vonnegut More Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut More Quotes From Kurt Vonnegut Well, there was stuff going on, heroic events. One was what used to be, and probably still is, the largest moving project in history. The headquarters of the Bell Telephone Company used to be brick. What they did was take the old brick building - with the operators in there saying, "Number please" and all that - and they put it through a quarter of a turn and moved it half a block! Kurt Vonnegut block numbers moving It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love. It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him. What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that had flickered out. Kurt Vonnegut curiosity years moving . . . hummings and clickings could be heard-the sounds attendant to the flow of electrons, now augmenting one maze of electromagnetic crises to a condition that was translatable from electrical qualities and quantities to a high grade of truth. Kurt Vonnegut quality flow truth Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts. And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours. Kurt Vonnegut inspirational love relationship All was forgiven. All living things were brothers, and all dead things were even more so. Kurt Vonnegut living-things forgiven brother Sometimes I wonder about the Creator of the Universe. Kurt Vonnegut breakfast-of-champions wonder sometimes One good thing about TV is, if you die violently, God forbid, on camera, you will not have died in vain because you will be great entertainment. Kurt Vonnegut entertainment cameras tvs The most racist, nastiest act by the USA, after human slavery, was the bombing of Nagasaki. Not of Hiroshima, which might have had some military significance. But Nagasaki was purely blowing away men, women, and children. Kurt Vonnegut military men children [Ayres] was our city because we were building it. That's how I felt when I walked around town. Kurt Vonnegut building towns cities As Marilee and I were dressing, I whispered to her that I loved her with all my heart. What else was there to say? 'You don't. You can't,' she said. Kurt Vonnegut my-heart said heart Novelists have, on the average, about the same IQs as the cosmetic consultants at Bloomingdale’s department store. Our power is patience. We have discovered that writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write the same thought over and over again, improving it just a little bit each time. It is a lot like inflating a blimp with a bicycle pump. Anybody can do it. All it takes is time. Kurt Vonnegut intelligent stupid writing Listen: Kurt Vonnegut billy-pilgrim slaughterhouse-five book Honest to God, Bill, the way things are going, all I can think of is that I'm a character in a book by somebody who wants to write about somebody who suffers all the time. Kurt Vonnegut writing character book I went to New York to be born again. And when the train plunged into a tunnel under New York City, with its lining of pipes and wires, I was out of the womb and into the birth canal. Kurt Vonnegut tunnels cities new-york The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German Shepherd. She was shivering. Her tail was between her legs. She had been borrowed that morning from a farmer. She had never been to war before. She had no idea what game was being played. Her name was Princess. Kurt Vonnegut dog morning war As in my other works of fiction: All persons living and dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed. No names have been changed to protect the innocent. Angels protect the innocent as a matter of Heavenly routine. Kurt Vonnegut angel matter names The world is too serious. To get mad at a work of art-because maybe somebody, somewhere is blowing his stack over what I've done-is like getting mad at a hot fudge sundae. Kurt Vonnegut mad serious art I am the victim of a fortunate series of accidents. Kurt Vonnegut accidents fortunate victim A society is only as healthy as its ideas are humane. Kurt Vonnegut humane healthy ideas I'm a painter in my dreams, you know. Kurt Vonnegut painter knows dream
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