The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
JOSEPH HELLERDeath to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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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 think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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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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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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