Kurt Vonnegut — People

A lace-gloved hand holds a green telephone receiver with its coiled cord descending into a floral teacup. — Original artwork

I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex.

Kurt Vonnegut

A small gray toy mouse sits beside an open birdcage, stacked books and a vase of dried stems against a dusty rose background. — Original artwork

Life is no way to treat an animal, not even a mouse.

Kurt Vonnegut

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nutcases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.

Kurt Vonnegut

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nutcases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president. A Man Without A Country

Kurt Vonnegut

A yellow and blue globe wearing a spotted party hat rests on a pink whoopee cushion against coral. — Original artwork

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.

Kurt Vonnegut

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different. A Man Without A Country

Kurt Vonnegut

We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard … and too damn cheap.

Kurt Vonnegut

We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard ... and too damn cheap. Vonnegut once suggested carving this quote into a wall on the Grand Canyon, as a message for flying-saucer creatures.

Kurt Vonnegut

A round black bead and a short curved copper piece rest on a pale pink square. — Original artwork

When Hemingway killed himself he put a period at the end of his life; old age is more like a semicolon.

Kurt Vonnegut