Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
JOSEPH HELLERThere is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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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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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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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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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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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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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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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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