Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

“And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”

“Take life seriously but none of the people in it.”

“Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”

“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - "God damn it, you've got to be kind."”

“The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.”

“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.”

“Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.”

“You are better than you think.”

“Nietzsche had a little one-liner on how to choose a wife. He said, ''Are you willing to have a conversation with this woman for the next forty years?'' That's how to pick a wife.”

“Never trust a survivor until you know how they survived.”

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”

“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 nut cases want to be president.”