But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
JOSEPH HELLERYou’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.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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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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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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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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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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