She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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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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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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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 want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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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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Insanity is contagious.
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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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