8 Kurt Vonnegut Quotes on Nature

Kurt Vonnegut quotes on nature

11. We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.

13. I do feel that evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can't help thinking that. And this engineer knows exactly what he or she is doing and why, and where evolution is headed. That's why we've got giraffes and hippopotami and the clap.

34. 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.

65. Things die. All things die.

141. 'I can't help it,' I said. 'My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things.' 'You and your what?' he said. 'My soul and my meat,' I said. 'They're separate?' he said. 'I sure hope they are,' I said. I laughed. 'I would hate to be responsible for what my meat does.'

150. 'I wish I had been born a bird instead,' he said. 'I wish we had all been born birds instead.'

222. Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes.

229. If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.