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.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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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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