I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his answer for several years. "My boy," he said, "you are descended from a long line of determined, resourceful, microscopic tadpoles-- champions every one.
Kurt VonnegutI keep losing and regaining my equilibrium, which is the basic plot of all popular fiction. And I myself am a work of fiction.
Kurt VonnegutSomebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.
Kurt VonnegutFuture generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.
Kurt VonnegutAnyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.
Kurt VonnegutAmerica is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves... It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters.
Kurt Vonnegut