It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
JOSEPH HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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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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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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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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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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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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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.
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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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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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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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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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