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 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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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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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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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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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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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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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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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
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