Joseph Heller Quotes
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Joseph Heller Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
If a man is going to leave one wife to marry another, it's better if he divorces the first before he marries the second.
Yossarian left money in the old woman's lap - it was odd how many wrongs leaving money seemed to right - and
I wonder what kind of person would come out if I ever did erase all my inhibitions at once, what kind of being is bottled up inside me now.
It's only that I feel an injustice has been committed. Why should I have somebody else's malaria and you have my dose of clap?
You're inches away from death every time you go on a mission. How much older can you be at your age?
Even when he cheated he couldn't win, because the people he cheated against were always better at cheating too.
[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
There was no way of really knowing anything, he knew, not even that there was no way of really knowing anything.
Be thankful you're healthy." "Be bitter you're not going to stay that way." "Be glad you're even alive." "Be furious you're going to die.
Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
Just pass the work I assign along to somebody else and trust to luck. We call that delegation of responsibility.
There is wisdom in madness, and strong probability of truth in all accusations, for people are complete, and everybody is capable of everything.
The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.
Why are they going to disappear him?'
I don't know.'
It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.
I don't know.'
It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.
The problem with the loneliness I suffer is that the company of others has never been a cure for it.
I couldn't see tying myself down with a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and the children were my own.
I frequently feel I'm being taken advantage of merely because I'm asked to do the work I'm paid to do.
I'm not running away from my responsibilities. I'm running to them. There's nothing negative about running away to save my life.
She destroyed egos by the score and made men hate themselves in the morning by the way she found them, used them, and tossed them aside.
It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.
Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great. We are talking of only a painting.
You know, that's my trouble," he groaned. "I never listen to anybody. Somebody kept telling me to put my headlights on, but I just wouldn't listen.
Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?
And he sprang out of bed at the crack of noon every day just to make certain that the chores would not be done. He
-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!
It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar. What the hell does it mean when they disappear somebody?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
It was miraculous. Each day he faced was another dangerous mission against mortality. And he had been surviving them for twenty-eight years.