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.
Kurt VonnegutPay no attention to Caesar. Caesar doesn't have the slightest idea what's really going on.
Kurt VonnegutIt is just an illusion here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone, it is gone forever.
Kurt VonnegutIt goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual in life.
Kurt VonnegutI have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.
Kurt Vonnegut