[People] want to feel superior, so they imagine we're Bible thumpers and uneducated and all that.
Kurt VonnegutThanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore.
Kurt VonnegutPeople have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
Kurt VonnegutWhat we will be seeking... for the rest of our lives will be large, stable communities of like-minded people, which is to say relatives. They no longer exist. The lack of them is not only the main cause, but probably the only cause of our shapeless discontent in the midst of such prosperity.
Kurt Vonnegut