I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
JOSEPH HELLERI’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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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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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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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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Insanity is contagious.
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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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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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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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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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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