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From the FCS Book of Proverbs

Time is what keeps everything from happening at once

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 28, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:quote, subject, tact1 Comment on From the FCS Book of Proverbs

Kurt Vonnegut

“Human beings will be happier – not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That’s my utopia” Kurt VonnegutUS author

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 26, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:drunk, generation, petroleum, quote2 Comments on Kurt Vonnegut

From the FCS Book of Proverbs

When the government gives the economy a transfusion, it uses our blood

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 24, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:blood, economy, government, quote, transfusion2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Proverbs

Kurt Vonnegut

“Science is magic that works” Kurt VonnegutUS author

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 23, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:drunk, generation, petroleum, quote1 Comment on Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

“To be is to do – Socrates To do is to be – Sartre Do Be Do Be Do – Sinatra” Kurt VonnegutUS author

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 21, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:quote, sartre, sinatra, socratesLeave a comment on Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

“Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.” Kurt VonnegutUS author

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 19, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:drunk, generation, petroleum, quote1 Comment on Kurt Vonnegut

From the FCS Book of Proverbs

Tact is changing the subjectwithout changing your mind

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 17, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:quote, subject, tact1 Comment on From the FCS Book of Proverbs

Kurt Vonnegut

“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to buildand nobody wants to do maintenance” Kurt VonnegutUS author

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 16, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:flaw, kurt vonnegut, maintenance, quote4 Comments on Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

“Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn’t it such a relief to have somebody say that?” Kurt VonnegutUS author

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 14, 2023Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:kurt vonnegut, literature, quote6 Comments on Kurt Vonnegut

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

While manufacturers are reducing the amount of plastics in their productsmore products are being sold The resulting global reductionof plastics is zero A worrying situation

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryFebruary 7, 2023Posted inQuotesTags:artificial intelligence, concerns, intelligent thinker, parrot, quote, vocabulary1 Comment on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

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