Rise above principal and do what’s right.
JOSEPH HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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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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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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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 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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