I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLERFrankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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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.
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When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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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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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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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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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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