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Kurt Vonnegut was an American writer known for his unique humor and profound satire. His works often explore themes of war, humanity, society, and politics. His most famous works include 'Slaughterhouse-Five' and 'Cat's Cradle'. His writing style has been widely appreciated by readers and has had a profound impact on literature.

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Famous Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

“I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much. We are impossibly conceited animals, and actually dumb as heck. Ask any teacher. You don't even have to ask a teacher. Ask anybody. Dogs and cats are smarter than we are.”

Thinking Humans Asks Human Beings Animal Teacher Heard Dog Cat Dumb Frank Smarter Wisest Conceited Cat And Dog Hocus Pocus

Book:Hocus Pocus

Source: Hocus Pocus

“It is always pitiful when any human being falls into a condition hardly more respectable than that of an animal. How much more pitiful it is when the person who falls has had all the advantages!”

Humans Persons Fall Human Beings Animal Conditions Advantage Respectable Pitiful

Book:The Sirens of Titan

Source: The Sirens of Titan

“But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this date on blackboards again and again, and asked the children to memorize it with pride and joy: 1492. The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them.”

Source: Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!

“What antidote can there be for an idea that popular and poisonous? Revenge provides revenge, which is sure to provide revenge, forming an endless chain of human misery. Here's the antidote: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Amen.”

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“Laughter or crying is what a human being does when there's nothing else he can do.”

Humans Doe Can Do Human Beings Cry Tears Laughter

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“Human beings are about 1,000 times dumber and meaner than they think they are.”

Thinking Humans Humanity Human Beings

Book:Hocus Pocus

Source: Hocus Pocus

“What a bummer it is to be a human being.”

Humans Humanity Human Beings Being Human Bummer

Book:A Man Without a Country

Source: A Man Without a Country

“How embarrassing it is to be human.”

Humans Embarrassing

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“She believed, and was entitled to believe, I must say, that all human beings were evil by nature, whether tormentors or victims, or idle standers-by. They could only create meaningless tragedies, she said, since they weren't nearly intelligent enough to accomplish all the good they were meant to do.”

Believe Humans Said Enough Evil Human Beings Tragedy Intelligent Victim Accomplish Meaningless Mentor Entitled Idle

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“It seems to me that the most universal revolutionary wish now or ever is a wish for heaven, a wish by a human being to be honored by angels for something other than beauty or usefulness.”

Humans Seems Heaven Wish Human Beings Angel Universal Revolutionary Honored Usefulness

Book:Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

Source: Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

“God Almighty Himself must have been hilarious when human beings so mingled iron and water and fire as to make a railroad train!”

Humans Has Beens Water Human Beings Fire Train Iron Almighty Transportation Railroads Water And Fire

Book:Bluebeard: A Novel

Source: Bluebeard: A Novel

About the Author

Born: November 11, 1922
Died: April 11, 2007
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 1147

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