Quote #219
I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves 'Our Lady of Perpetual Astonishment.'
More from Kurt Vonnegut
- Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be.
- There is no good reason good can't triumph over evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the mafia.
- A joke is like building a mousetrap from scratch. You have to work pretty hard to make the thing snap when it is supposed to snap.
- You know, the truth can be really powerful stuff. You're not expecting it.
- If I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, 'Kurt is up in heaven now.' That's my favorite joke.
- Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes.
- Life is no way to treat an animal.
- Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals.