In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
JOSEPH HELLERMen went mad and were rewarded with medals.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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