All this happened, more or less.

If I hadn’t spent so much time studying Earthlings," said the Tralfamadorian, "I wouldn’t have any idea what was meant by 'free will.' I've visited thirty-one inhabited planets in the universe, and I have studied reports on one hundred more. Only on Earth is there any talk of free will.

All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist.

Never trust a survivor until you know how they survived.

Nowadays, of course, just about our only solvent industry is the merchandising of death, bankrolled by our grandchildren.

There were lots of things to stop and see-and then it was time to go, always time to go.

Electronic communities build nothing. You wind up with nothing. We are dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go out and do something. We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.