Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with their being persuaded that all participants were equally vile.

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Topics: War Quotes

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed

Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers

Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers

Some jerk infected the Internet with an outright lie. It shows how easy it is...

Some jerk infected the Internet with an outright lie. It shows how easy it is...

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order...

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order...

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I...

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I...

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, and dont put up with people that are...

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, and dont put up with people that are...

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she...

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she...

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

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

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

Can you imagine the Founding Fathers saying that the major source of authority in [your]...

Can you imagine the Founding Fathers saying that the major source of authority in [your]...

Happiness is an inside job

Happiness is an inside job

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want...

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want...

Jobs are physically easier, but the worker now takes home worries instead of an aching...

Jobs are physically easier, but the worker now takes home worries instead of an aching...

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing,...

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing,...

If we guarantee employment for some, we jeopardize employment for everyone.

If we guarantee employment for some, we jeopardize employment for everyone.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the...

My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the...

You have to be burning with 'An idea, or a problem, or a wrong that...

You have to be burning with 'An idea, or a problem, or a wrong that...

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.