Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
JOSEPH HELLERThe 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.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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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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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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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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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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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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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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