Kurt VonnegutThinkers

1492 is not the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. It was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.

The American is forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.

Appearance is everything. We are what we pretend to be.

Art is not possible without a dance with death.

The Artist is one who uses frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are.

Astrology is good because it makes people vivid and full of possibilities.

Beer is actually a depressant, but poor people will never stop hoping otherwise.

Belief is nearly the whole of the universe whether based on truth or not.

A Book is an arrangement of twenty-six phonetic symbols, ten numerals, and about eight punctuation marks, and people can cast their eyes over these and envision the eruption of Mount Vesuvius or the Battle of Waterloo.

The Cigarette is a classy way to commit suicide.