Joseph Heller quotes

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. (Joseph Heller)
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. View quote
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Live forever or die in the attempt. View quote
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The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. View quote
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He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it. View quote
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Rise above principle and do what's right. View quote
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy. View quote
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Insanity is contagious. View quote
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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long. View quote
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When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?' View quote
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The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him. (Joseph Heller)
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. View quote
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It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead. View quote
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They can do anything we can't stop them from doing. View quote
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[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything. View quote
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. View quote
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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to. View quote
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Every writer I know has trouble writing. View quote
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The problem with the loneliness I suffer is that the company of others has never been a cure for it. View quote
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There is wisdom in madness and strong probability of truth in all accusations, for people are complete and everybody is capable of everything. View quote
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The God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make him out to be. (Joseph Heller)
Everybody is as unstable as water. View quote
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The promises of maniacs, like those of women, are not safely relied upon. View quote
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Everyone in my book accuses everyone else of being crazy. Frankly, I think the whole society is nuts - and the question is: What does a sane man do in an insane society? View quote
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How much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it necessary to include such phenomena as phlegm and tooth decay in His divine system of Creation? What in the world was running through that warped, evil, scatological mind of His when He robbed old people of the power to control their bowel movements? View quote
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