"It is a sobering thought that Gomer Pyle and the Beverly Hillbillies may be among our chief interstellar emissaries."

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Source : That Was the Year That Was (record album) (1965)

Kurt Vonnegut

#Modern Life Quotes #May Quotes #Chiefs Quotes

“The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. From not only the warming of the earth with higher global temperatures, but also from strengthening storms and expanding droughts to melting ice and rising seas, the costs of carbon pollution are already being felt by governments, corporations, taxpayers and families around the world. The climate crisis will affect everything that we love and alter the course of our future. Now, more than ever, we must come together to solve this global crisis. We must act decisively, rise to the occasion and solve this monumental challenge.”
“Whatever I think, whatever I try to do, life might just turn around and... and hitch up its pants and throw me a twenty-dollar bill.”
“Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?”
“When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.”
“The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure â€” and so often, people are unsure â€” is that breaking up involves persuasion. You have to persuade your ex that it is better this way for everyone. And this is difficult if you have not entirely persuaded yourself. It is especially tricky to do this if you are also naked, and making two cups of coffee.”

Source : Adam Thirlwell (2004). “Politics”, Random House
“The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan.”

Source : Mary Roach (2012). “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”, p.14, Penguin UK
“When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.”

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