Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

One of the things that I tell beginning writers is this: If you describe a landscape, or a cityscape, or a seascape, always be sure to put a human figure somewhere in the scene. Why? Because readers are human beings, mostly interested in human beings. People are humanists. Most of them are humanists, that is.

Kurt Vonnegut

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007

Topics

BeginningPeopleLandscapeYouWhy

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

John C. Maxwell

LifeFocusYouMoreSeemsGet

There are lots of good producers out there.

Andrew Lau

GoodOutLotsProducers

My dad says he likes to bask in my glow.

Robert Pattinson

GlowLikesHeSaysDad

Never shop alone for your bridal dress. Take a friend and bring a camera to take a picture of you. Make sure to get a picture of the back view: that's the part of the dress most people are going to see for the longest time.

Matthew Williamson

FriendAloneTimeDressPeopleView

I'm still a novice student.

Ang Lee

StudentStillNovice

I'm the American Winston Churchill.

Michael Moriarty

AmericanWinston ChurchillChurchill

It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil.

Jules Verne

AloneManEvilFindGoWill

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

Jason Statham

MoreFirstWatchMMAThanUFC

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

CityRealityCountrySittingHill

I'm going to have some fabulous nights out with champagne.

Christian Siriano

FabulousOutChampagneGoingSome

I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I get in looking back at theirs - at the Parthenon, at Chartres Cathedral.

Philip Johnson

BeautyLooking BackLookingThought

Democracy requires an informed citizenry able to question its government.

Richard N. Haass

GovernmentDemocracyQuestionAble

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