Kurt Vonnegut Be Quotations

When the last living thing Has died on account of us, How poetical it would be If Earth could say, In a voice floating up Perhaps From the floor Of the Grand Canyon, "It is done." People did not like it here.

Music makes practically everybody fonder of life than he or she would be without it.

The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody.

There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Pretend to be good always and even God will be fooled.

I don't think there would be many jokes, if there weren't constant frustration and fear and so forth. It's a response to bad troubles like crime.

You should be careful about who you pretend to be, because who you pretend to be - is actually who you are!

If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable.

If it weren't for the people always getting tangled up with the machinery... Earth would be an engineer's paradise.

God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Be patient, Ophelia. Love, Hamlet

People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers.