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Joseph Heller Quotes

Joseph Heller quotes

American Novelist, Writer May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999

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Joseph Heller quote: "All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened..."
All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars. Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller quote: "War ... it paid well and liberated children from the..."
War ... it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. Joseph Heller
There is wisdom in madness, and strong probability of truth in all accusations, for people are complete, and everybody is capable of everything. Joseph Heller
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. Joseph Heller
I used to get a big kick out of saving people's lives. Now I wonder what the hell's the point, since they all have to die anyway.' Oh, there's a point, all right,' Dunbar assured him. Is there? What is the point?' The point is to keep them from dying for as long as you can.' Yeah, but what's the point, since they all have to die anyway?' The trick is not to think about that. Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller quote: "The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off."
The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off. Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller quote: "He could not make them shut-up; they were worse than women...."
He could not make them shut-up; they were worse than women. They had not brains enough to be introverted and repressed. Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller quote: "But how can one be warm alone?"
But how can one be warm alone? Joseph Heller
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was. Joseph Heller
Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was. Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller quote: "You will hurt your foot."
You will hurt your foot. Joseph Heller
It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller quote: "They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to..."
They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady. Joseph Heller
It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character. Joseph Heller
I'll tell you what justice is. Justice is a knee in the gut from the floor on the chin at night sneaky with a knife brought up down on the magazine of a battleship sandbagged underhanded in the dark without a word of warning Joseph Heller

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