You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
JOSEPH HELLERI want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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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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Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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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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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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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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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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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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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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