I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLERSuccess 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.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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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.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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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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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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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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Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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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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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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