I beg you to believe the most ridiculous superstition of all: that humanity is at the center of the universe, the fulfiller or frustrateor of the grandest dreams of God Almighty.
Kurt VonnegutThinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe.
Kurt VonnegutI am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good.
Kurt VonnegutOne of the things I'm going to say out there is how grateful I am - and how grateful the world is - for the tremendous gift of the black people, of jazz.
Kurt VonnegutIncidentally, I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the great science fiction writer and biochemist Dr. Isaac Asimov. John Updike, who is religious, says I talk more about God than any seminarian. Socialism is, in fact, a form of Christianity, people wishing to imitate Christ.
Kurt Vonnegut