14 KURT VONNEGUT QUOTES TO START YOUR WEEK . KURT VONNEGUT QUOTES TO START YOURWEEK Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most important American writers of all time. He penned such classics as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions, and had a style that teetered between science-fiction, satire, and humor. To younger generations, he's known as the guy who's responsible for the "So it goes" tattoo on your friend's wrist and the reason people want to smoke unfiltered Pall Malls. The New York Times once called him "the counterculture's novelist," and, before his death in 2007, Vonnegut published over a dozen novels, as well as a plethora of personal essays, short stories, and scripts. And culling through much of these works, we found 14 prolific quotes by the late author to start off your week. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the madness. RELATED 15 HUNTER S. THOMPSON QUOTES TO START YOUR WEEK SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Huffpost 1. “Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.” SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Historybyzim 2. "Literature should not disappear up its own a**hole, so to speak." SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Wordpress 3. "Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.” RELATED 14 HEMINGWAY QUOTES FOR YOUR WEEKEND SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Thedailybeast 4. “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Businessinsider 5. “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.” SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Wordpress 6. “Everything is nothing, with a twist.” RELATED 15 BILL MURRAY QUOTES TO START YOUR WEEK SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Howtoactfrench 7. “Here's the news: I am going to sue the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, manufacturers of Pall Mall cigarettes, for a billion bucks! Starting when I was only 12-years old, I have never chain-smoked anything but unfiltered Pall Malls. And for many years now, right on the package, Brown & Williamson have promised to kill me. But I am eighty-two. Thanks a lot, you dirty rats. The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick, and Colon.” SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Huffingtonpost 8. "We must be careful about what we pretend to be." SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Businessinsider 9. “Until you die...it's all life.” RELATED 15 SYLVESTER STALLONE QUOTES TO START YOUR WEEK SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Outsourcemarketing 10. “We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.” SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Thenation 11. “Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.” SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Gannett 12. “All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.” RELATED 13 SAMUEL L. JACKSON QUOTES TO START YOUR MOTHERF***ING WEEK SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Life 13. “I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.” SHAREON FACEBOOK TWEETTHIS ARTICLE Huffpost 14. “So it goes.” Jeremy Glass is the Vice editor for Supercompressor and his favorite Kurt Vonnegut novel isWelcome to the Monkey House.

KURT VONNEGUT QUOTES TO START YOURWEEK

Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most important American writers of all time. He penned such classics as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions, and had a style that teetered between science-fiction, satire, and humor. To younger generations, he's known as the guy who's responsible for the "So it goes" tattoo on your friend's wrist and the reason people want to smoke unfiltered Pall Malls.

The New York Times once called him "the counterculture's novelist," and, before his death in 2007, Vonnegut published over a dozen novels, as well as a plethora of personal essays, short stories, and scripts. And culling through much of these works, we found 14 prolific quotes by the late author to start off your week.

Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the madness.

Huffpost

1. “Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.”

Historybyzim

2. "Literature should not disappear up its own a**hole, so to speak."

Wordpress

3. "Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.”

Thedailybeast

4. “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.”

Businessinsider

5. “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”

Wordpress

6. “Everything is nothing, with a twist.”

Howtoactfrench

7. “Here's the news: I am going to sue the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, manufacturers of Pall Mall cigarettes, for a billion bucks! Starting when I was only 12-years old, I have never chain-smoked anything but unfiltered Pall Malls. And for many years now, right on the package, Brown & Williamson have promised to kill me. But I am eighty-two. Thanks a lot, you dirty rats. The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick, and Colon.”

Huffingtonpost

8. "We must be careful about what we pretend to be."

Businessinsider

9. “Until you die...it's all life.”

Outsourcemarketing

10. “We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.”

Thenation

11. “Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.”

Gannett

12. “All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.”

Life

13. “I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.”

Huffpost

14. “So it goes.”

Jeremy Glass is the Vice editor for Supercompressor and his favorite Kurt Vonnegut novel isWelcome to the Monkey House.

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14 KURT VONNEGUT QUOTES TO START YOUR WEEK

KURT VONNEGUT QUOTES TO START YOURWEEK

Huffpost

1. “Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.”

Historybyzim

2. "Literature should not disappear up its own a**hole, so to speak."

Wordpress

3. "Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.”

Thedailybeast

4. “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.”

Businessinsider

5. “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”

Wordpress

6. “Everything is nothing, with a twist.”

Howtoactfrench

Huffingtonpost

8. "We must be careful about what we pretend to be."

Businessinsider

9. “Until you die...it's all life.”

Outsourcemarketing

10. “We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.”

Thenation

11. “Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.”

Gannett

12. “All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.”

Life

13. “I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.”

Huffpost

14. “So it goes.”

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15 HUNTER S. THOMPSON QUOTES TO START YOUR WEEK

1. “Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.”

2. "Literature should not disappear up its own a**hole, so to speak."

3. "Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.”

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14 HEMINGWAY QUOTES FOR YOUR WEEKEND

4. “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.”

5. “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”

6. “Everything is nothing, with a twist.”

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8. "We must be careful about what we pretend to be."

9. “Until you die...it's all life.”

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15 SYLVESTER STALLONE QUOTES TO START YOUR WEEK

10. “We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.”

11. “Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.”

12. “All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.”

RELATED

13 SAMUEL L. JACKSON QUOTES TO START YOUR MOTHERF***ING WEEK

13. “I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.”

14. “So it goes.”

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