What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
JOSEPH HELLERHe was never without misery, and never without hope.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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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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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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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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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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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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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 don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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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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