The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
JOSEPH HELLERWell, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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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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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Insanity is contagious.
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The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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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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