Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

I need births, many births.

Zero population growth ….

This seems counterintuitive, but turns out that as infant mortality is reduced, population sizes also decrease, because parents don't need to anticipate that their babies are going to die.

The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness.

I've got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out.

We need government policies that will strengthen families and encourage people to have more children.

Family planning is the only exit point of the land problem. No other solution is possible.

Watch your Catholic population. They breed like rabbits.

To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.

Our people are spreading out with the aid of the American multiplication table. Go West and see a young man with his mate of eighteen. After the lapse of 30 years, visit him again and instead of two you will fond 22.

… compared to circumstances where the birth rate remains high—a decline in fertility from high to low levels allows a population to save and invest more, both in terms of human capital (ie education and training) and in terms of physical capital (eg roads, factories, machinery.)

Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.

As for procreation, no one in his right mind would say that it is the only activity devoid of a praiseworthy incentive. Those who reproduce, then, should not feel unfairly culled as the worst conspirators against the human race. Every one of us is culpable in keeping the conspiracy alive, which is all right with most people.

We must marry, have children, reproduce the species.

Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the multiplication of families.

But I also want to have a family with children one day, which is very important to me.

It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.

There are a lot of kids in the world. People seem to keep having them.

Have kids; have a lot of kids. Start early and keep having them.

If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families.

I haven't really made up my mind concretely about having kids.

I definitely want kids and I want four kids, for sure. But I need to find a husband first!

It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. We don't want genocide. We don't want to destroy the sacred institution of marriage.

One day I would love to have a couple children.

I always assumed that, like my mother before me, one day I would have children. When I was 5, my fantasy was to have a hundred dogs and a hundred kids.