Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

It’s just a matter of managing expectations. So for me, for example, you know, when your husband is President of the United States and you have children, something has got to give. I’ve made compromises in my life and my career, but I’ve also, in exchange, gained a wonderful platform to do some great work.

The love we were promised in fairy tales was never something for us to find. It has always been something for us to create.

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.

I choose you, again and again at the start and finish of every single day, no matter the season, no matter the age. I choose you to struggle and succeed with, to fight and wake up with, to love and grow old with. I choose you, knowing there are still trails we must travel, knowing there are mountains left to climb. I choose you to always be by my side.

I don’t substitute anybody else’s judgment for my own.

Man is what he believes.

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.

The satisfaction that arises from honest accomplishment is of far more value in the promotion of human happiness than the thrill that comes with the realization of materialistic aspirations.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.