It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
JOSEPH HELLERThey agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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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 don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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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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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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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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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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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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