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

—Kurt Vonnegut

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About Kurt Vonnegut

Portrait of Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut ( VON-ə-gət; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty years; further works have been published since his death.

More quotations from Kurt Vonnegut

Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.

—Kurt Vonnegut

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.

—Kurt Vonnegut

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

—Kurt Vonnegut

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we're hooked on.

—Kurt Vonnegut

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.

—Kurt Vonnegut

More quotations tagged with “nature”

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

—George Washington Carver

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

—William Hazlitt

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Nature engenders the science of painting.

—Robert Delaunay

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Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

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