He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
JOSEPH HELLERThe country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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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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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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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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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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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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Insanity is contagious.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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