Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLERSomething 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.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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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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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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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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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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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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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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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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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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