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Kurt_Vonnegut

  1. Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
  2. Well, I just want to say that George W. Bush is the syphilis president.
  3. Take Care of the People, and God Almighty Will Take Care of Himself.
  4. We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.
  5. History, Read it and weep!
  6. I have to say this in defense of humankind: No matter in what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got there.
  7. Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
  8. Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes.
  9. Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
  10. Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.
  11. I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.
  12. I feel and think much as you do,care about many of the things you care about,although most people don't care about them. You are not alone.
  13. I love you sons of bitches. You’re all I read any more.
  14. Live by the foma that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.
  15. We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
  16. My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things."
  17. If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.
  18. Pretend to be good always, and even God will be fooled.
  19. Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
  20. I can have oodles of charm when I want to.