The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
JOSEPH HELLERAll of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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 believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Insanity is contagious.
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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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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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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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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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