Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
JOSEPH HELLERIn the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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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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