16 September 2026

Timeless Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

Some great Kurt Vonnegut lines were originally published in books. A few now seem ready to be republished as T-shirts. (Quote and book in which it appeared.)

“We are what we pretend to be.”
— Mother Night.

“Everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” — Hocus Pocus.

“We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.” — A Man Without a Country

"We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.”
— Man Without a Country

“God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
— God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.

“So it goes.”
— Slaughterhouse-Five

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