I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
JOSEPH HELLERIt doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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