When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
JOSEPH HELLERI don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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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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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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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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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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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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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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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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