Kurt Vonnegut: Quotes about people (page 3)

Kurt Vonnegut was American writer. Explore interesting quotes on people.
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“About astrology and palmistry: They are good because they make people feel vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.”

Kurt Vonnegut

Bennington College address (1970)

People , Feeling , Communication , Birthday

“A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.”

Kurt Vonnegut book God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

Opening line of novel.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)

Money , People , Bee

“In order to get what we've got, Anita, we have, in effect, traded these people out of what was the most important thing on earth to them — the feeling of being needed and useful, the foundation of self-respect.”

Kurt Vonnegut book Player Piano

Source: Player Piano (1952), Chapter 18 (p. 169)

People , Feeling