The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
JOSEPH HELLERIn the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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Insanity is contagious.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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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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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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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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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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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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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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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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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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