They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
JOSEPH HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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 don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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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 think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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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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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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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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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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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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