There is never a shortage anywhere of lawyers eager to attack the First Amendment, as though it were nothing more than a clause in a lease from a crooked slumlord.

Kurt Vonnegut

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The name of the new religion," said Rumfoord, "is The Church of G... by Kurt Vonnegut

The name of the new religion," said Rumfoord, "is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent.

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Men are jerks. Women are psychotic. by Kurt Vonnegut

Men are jerks. Women are psychotic.

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Only in books do we learn what’s really going on. by Kurt Vonnegut

Only in books do we learn what’s really going on.

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You had to get everything exactly right or the editors would give... by Kurt Vonnegut

You had to get everything exactly right or the editors would give you hell.

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Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore.

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That is the first thing I know for sure: (1.) If the questions don't make sense, neither will the answers.

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An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. by Kurt Vonnegut

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

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If I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, 'Kurt is up in heaven now.' That's my favorite joke.

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Son--they say there isn't any royalty in this country, but do you want me to tell you how to be king of the United States of America? Just fall through the hole in a privy and come out smelling like a rose.

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That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jok... by Kurt Vonnegut

That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jokes.

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The arts put man at the center of the universe, whether he belongs there or not. Military science, on the other hand, treats man as garbage - and his children, and his cities, too. Military science is probably right about the contemptibility of man in the vastness of the universe. Still - I deny that contemptibility, and I beg you to deny it, through the creation of appreciation of art.

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Reading a novel, War and Peace for example, is no Catnap. Because a novel is so long, reading one is like being married forever to somebody nobody knows or cares about.

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He had the air of a spy in a melodrama, missing nothing, liking nothing, looking forward to the great day when everything would be turned upside down.

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If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who.

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People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write.

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Contemplating a purported work of art is a social activity. Either you have a rewarding time, or you don't. You don't have to say why afterward. You don't have to say anything.

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Electronic communities build nothing. You wind up with nothing. We are dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go out and do something. We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

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A man without a home can't be lost. by Kurt Vonnegut

A man without a home can't be lost.

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All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people f... by Kurt Vonnegut

All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again.

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A lack of seriousness has led to all sorts of wonderful insights. by Kurt Vonnegut

A lack of seriousness has led to all sorts of wonderful insights.

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