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Quotes from Hocus Pocus — Kurt Vonnegut

1922–2007 United States

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Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

The most important message of a crucifix, to me anyway, was how unspeakably cruel supposedly sane human beings can be when under orders from a superior authority.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

When the excrement hit the air conditioner

Hocus Pocus (1990)

If facts weren't funny, or scary, or couldn't make you rich, the heck with them.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

Beer, of course, is actually a depressant. But poor people will never stop hoping otherwise.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

See the nigger fly the airplane!

Hocus Pocus (1990)

profanity and obscenity entitle people who don't want unpleasant information to close their ears and eyes to you.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

The sermon was based on what he claimed was a well-known fact, that there were no Atheists in foxholes. I asked Jack what he thought of the sermon afterwards, and he said, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front."

Hocus Pocus (1990)

She was an alcoholic. I didn't blame myself for that. The worst problem in the life of any alcoholic is alcohol.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

How embarrassing to be human.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

[Freedom of speech] isn't something somebody else gives you. That's something you give to yourself.

Hocus Pocus (1990)

They're playin our song Gene!

Hocus Pocus (1990)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kurt Vonnegut (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.