One of the few good things about modern times: If you die ho... - Kurt Vonnegut

"I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool."

"All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States -- and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!"

"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."

"You are better than you think. A-one, a-two a-three."

"If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind."