All Joseph Heller Quotes
Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.
Joseph Heller
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I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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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.
Joseph Heller
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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.
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He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.
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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. 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.
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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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