Quotes from Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.

Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.

If people think nature is their friend then they sure don't need an enemy.

Your planet's immune system is trying to get rid of you.

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.

Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.

I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves "Our Lady of the Perpetual Astonishment

You can't write novels without a touch of paranoia. I'm paranoid as an act of good citizenship, concerned about what the powerful people are up to.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth, " the long out-of-print science fiction writer went on.

The primary benefit of practicing any art, whether well or badly, is that it enables one's soul to grow.

The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.

Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.

If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana)I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.

The 2 prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.As the tag line of my favorite dirty joke would have it: "Keep your hat on. We could wind up miles from here.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

My God, what have they done to you? This isn't a man, it's a broken kite.

Flashlight beams danced crazily

Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber.

Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile!

Their beauty was to the beauty of Miss Canal Zone as the glory of the Sun was to the glory of a lightning bug.