There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
JOSEPH HELLERWhere were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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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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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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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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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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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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