Joseph Heller quotes - page 6

Why are they going to disappear him?' I don't know.' It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar. (Joseph Heller)
I think that maybe in every company today there is always at least one person who is going crazy slowly. View quote
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That crazy bastard may be the only sane one left. View quote
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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. View quote
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The only wisdom I think I've attained is the wisdom to be skeptical of other people's ideology and other people's arguments. I tend to be a skeptic, I don't like dogmatic approaches by anybody. View quote
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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. View quote
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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else. View quote
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He was one of those people with lots of intelligence but no brains. View quote
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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. View quote
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Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about. View quote
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I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals. (Joseph Heller)
We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist. View quote
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I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service. View quote
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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. "It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed. View quote
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There's a big cocktail party on Martha's Vineyard. Someone comes up to this writer, I think it's Joseph Heller, and says, "Joe, see that guy over there? He's a hedge fund manager, and he made more money yesterday than you made on all the books you have ever published.” Heller looks over, pauses, and says, "Yeah, but I have something he'll never have: enough.”. View quote
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