I myself grew up when radio was very important. I'd come home from school and turn on the radio. There were funny comedians and wonderful music, and there were plays. I used to pass time with radio.

Music makes practically everybody fonder of life than he or she would be without it.

One of [ways being lucky] was to go to school during the Great Depression because teaching became a plum job.

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.

Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future.

The name of the new religion, said Rumfoord, is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent. . . The two chief teachings of this religion are these: Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.

The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: "Nothing.