Az áldja meg az Isten, Mr Rosewater kötelező olvasmány, na de különösebb apropója nem volt annak, hogy Vonnegut idézeteket böngésszek - azon kívül, hogy az egyik kedvenc íróm - csak vidító nagy bölcseletek után kutattam. Találtam is pár jó gondolatot:
„I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.” - mert ha valaki, akkor én szeretem a határokat feszegetni...
„Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.” - ez az abszolút námbör ván :)
„One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.”
„Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind.”
„Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.”
„Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.”
„Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe.”
„How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
„A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
“Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.”
“If somebody says, ''I love you,'' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol-holder requires? ''I love you, too. ''”
“There's only one me, and I'm stuck with him.”
“Make love when you can. It's good for you.”
“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”
“A Lovers a liar, to himself he lies. The truthful are loveless, like oysters their eyes”
“If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.”
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
