American Writer Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

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I want to stand as close to the edge as I can. At the edge you see all kinds of things that you can't see from the center.

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If you can do anything half-hearted, you are a one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind.

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If you are an American, you should allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not just your own.

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New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the more prosperous we will be.

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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which there is no remedy, unless laughter cannot be said to be the remedy for anything.

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Beware of the man who tries hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

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I was taught that the human brain was by far the greatest glory of evolution, but I think this is a very poor plan for survival.

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I had no talent for science. What was worse: All my fraternity brothers were engineers.

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When a person becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and knowledge and comfort at top speed.

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