I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
JOSEPH HELLERFrankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Insanity is contagious.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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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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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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But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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