Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
JOSEPH HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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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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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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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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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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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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