He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
JOSEPH HELLERInsanity is contagious.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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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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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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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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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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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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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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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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