Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
JOSEPH HELLERJust because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
JOSEPH HELLERThe country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
JOSEPH HELLERRemember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
JOSEPH HELLERAnything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
JOSEPH HELLERIt doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
JOSEPH HELLERDestiny 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 HELLERI’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
JOSEPH HELLERThey agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
JOSEPH HELLERI wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
JOSEPH HELLERDeath to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
JOSEPH HELLERYou’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.
JOSEPH HELLERMen went mad and were rewarded with medals.
JOSEPH HELLERFrankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
JOSEPH HELLERSuccess 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.
JOSEPH HELLERPeace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
JOSEPH HELLER