For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
JOSEPH HELLERI wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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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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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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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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When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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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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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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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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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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Insanity is contagious.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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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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