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Joseph Heller Quotes

Joseph Heller quotes about thinking

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

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The Germans will be beaten in a few months. And Japan will be beaten a few months after that. If I were to give up my life now, it wouldn't be for my country. It would be for Cathcart and Korn. So I'm turning my bombsight in for the duration. From now on I'm thinking only of me. Joseph Heller
Who's they?" He wanted to know. "Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?"Every one of them," Yossarian told him."Every one of whom?"Every one of whom do you think?"I haven't any idea."Then how do you know they aren't?"Because..." Clevinger sputtered, and turned speechless with frustration. Clevinger really thought he was right, but Yossarian had proof, because strangers he didn't know shot at him with cannons every time he flew up into the air to drop bombs on them, and it... Joseph Heller
From now on I'm thinking only of me."Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way."Then," said Yossarian, "I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I? Joseph Heller
There are outrages and there are outrages, and some are more outrageous than others. Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow. The Death of Socrates had no effect upon the history of Athens. If anything, the reputation of the city has been improved by it. The death of no person is as important to the future as the literature about it. You will learn nothing from history that can be applied, so don't kid yourself into thinking you... Joseph Heller
It was possible that there were other vus of which he had never heard and that one of these other vus would explain succinctly the baffling phenomenon of which he had been both a witness and a part; it was even possible that none of what he thought had taken place, really had taken place, and that he was dealing with an aberration of memory rather than of perception, that he never really had thought he had seen what he now thought he once did think he had seen, that his impression now that he... Joseph Heller
Men," he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. "You're American officers. The officers of no other army in the world can make that statement. Think about it. 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: "I think in every country that there is at least one executive..."
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy. Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller quote: "They think that they’re smart, and that the rest of us are dumb."
They think that they’re smart, and that the rest of us are dumb. Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller quote: "I used to think it was immoral to be unhappy."
I used to think it was immoral to be unhappy. Joseph Heller
That's another thing that pisses me off about that Michelangelo statue of me in Florence. He's got me standing there uncircumcised! Who the fuck did he think I was? Joseph Heller

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