Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.was an American author. In a career spanning over 50 years, Vonnegut published fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of non-fiction. He is most famous for his darkly satirical, best-selling novel Slaughterhouse-Five...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth11 November 1922
CountryUnited States of America
bird himself life man sit tiger
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.
bird slaughterhouse-five slaughterhouse-5
And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet?
bird wish born
I wish we had all been born birds instead.
intelligent bird slaughterhouse-five
It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet?
art bird coal
The canary bird in the coal mine theory of the arts: artists should be treasured as alarm systems.
white bird stuff
Question: What is the white stuff in bird poop? Answer: That is bird poop, too.
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Well, to admire the hell out of Jesus Christ or of everyone who speaks well. And, well my grandfather said is-- if-- what Jesus said was marvelous. What does it matter whether he was God or not? And it doesn't matter. So this is a human being who spoke extremely well, and we humanists listened.
arrogance conquer deserve mean
Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the universe.
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Unexpected travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God
careful pretend
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
likes
I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me.
absolutely allowed fear literary members retrospect striking
It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment.
brought chemistry english scientific teacher
I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's been very little gratitude for this.
extremely younger
Younger scientists are extremely sensitive to the moral implications of all they do.