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.
JOSEPH HELLERThere is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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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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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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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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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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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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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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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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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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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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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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Insanity is contagious.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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