The American dream was not, at least at the beginning, a rags-to-riches type of narrow materialism.

The corporate state is an immensely powerful machine, ordered, legalistic, rational, yet utterly out of human control, wholly and perfectly indifferent to any human values.

The American dream was not, at least at the beginning, a rags-to-riches type of narrow materialism.

The presumed causes of Americas troubles can be summed up simply: the evils of unlimited competition, and abuses by those with economic power.

There is a revolution coming. It will not be like revolutions of the past. It will originate with the individual and with culture . . .

One of the problems with fame is they try to pigeonhole you... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life.

The great crime of our time, says Vonnegut, was to do too much good secretly, too much harm openly.