Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and pai…

Kurt Vonnegut
638 citations
Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 114), 1963.
Reading Sadness
16

More Author Quotes

I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all. ✨ The Sirens of Titan ch. 10 (1959)
If there really had been a Mercutio, and if there really were a Paradise, Mercutio might be hanging out with teenage Vietnam draftee casualties now, talking about what it felt like to die for other p … ▶
That is my principal objection to life, I think: It's too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1982). Deadeye Dick, Delacorte Press
There is a riddle about a man who is locked in a room with nothing but a bed and a calendar, and the question is: How does he survive? The answer is: He eats dates from the calendar and drinks from t … ▶
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Co … ▶

Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 114), 1963.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes