They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
JOSEPH HELLERPeace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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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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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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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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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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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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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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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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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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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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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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