History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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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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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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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Insanity is contagious.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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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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