One of those "interesting people" I've never really got into previously - I can see I'm going to have to, judging by the quotes and the various obits popping up in the media.
People of creativity, words and art always live on after their bodies. Ian On 4/12/07, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (born 11 November 1922 - died 11 > April 2007) > American writer famous for his imaginitive satires. > > Some good quotes from Kurt: > > "We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is > trying to get rid > of us, as well it should." > > On Humans, in an appearance on The Daily Show (September 2005) > > 1...."I have wanted to give Iraq a lesson in democracy-because we're > experienced with it, > you know. And, in democracy, after a hundred years, you have to let your > slaves go. > And, after a hundred and fifty years, you have to let your women vote. > And, at the > beginning of democracy, is that quite a bit of genocide and ethnic > cleansing is quite > okay. And that's what's going on now." > > 2. "The only difference between [George W.] Bush and [Adolf] Hitler is > that Hitler was elected." > > 3. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: > THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED > FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD > WAS MUSIC > > 4."A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love > whoever is around to be loved." > > 5."Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty-three thousand miles > closer to Globular Cluster > M13 in Hercules- and still there are some misfits who insist that there > is no such thing as progress." > > 6."Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think > and feel. It complains so. > By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and > moons could be accused of > being a little too phlegmatic." > > 7."The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not > be used for anything by > anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by > anybody." > > 8. "Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I > consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile." > > 9. "Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, > why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, > bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand." > > 10.The visitor from outer space made a serious study of Christianity, to > learn, if he could, why > Christians found it so easy to be cruel. He concluded that at least part > of the trouble was > slipshod storytelling in the New Testament. He supposed that the intent > of the Gospels was > to teach people, among other things, to be merciful, even to the lowest > of the low. > But the Gospels actually taught this: > Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. > So it goes. > > > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
