Kurt Vonnegut

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#crowning #evolution #far #glory #human

To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#concern #late #may #springtime #whom

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#could #damned #earth #saved #too

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#blessing #brought #dead #mixed #very

Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#called #did #john #jonah #me

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#about #almost #astrology #because #best

Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#because #careful #pretend #you

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#close #edge #going #i #i can

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#church #come #course #daydream #god

I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#around #different #earth #fart #here