All Joseph Heller Quotes
- I'm gonna live forever, or die trying. Die
- I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals. Altogether
- The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. Anybody
- I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service. Choice
- Let someone else get killed! Else Get
- Suppose everyone on our side felt that way? Everyone
- Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I? Any
- And anything worth dying for Anything Worth
- They can do anything we can't stop them from doing. Drug
- The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society? Depression
- The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them. Both
- If God was dead, how could I feel this bad? Bad
- Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give… All
- Fortunately, just when things were blackest, the war broke out. Blackest
- But the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you… Believe
- 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… Alphabet
- There was only one catch and that was Catch22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real… All
- Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours. Deserve
- Gold was not altogether certain what, anatomically, a gorge was, but he knew that his was rising. Altogether
- I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy. Business
- Nurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change him. Already Trying
- I write longhand and I type and I rewrite on the typed pages. Inspirational
- I don't understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy. Imagination
- I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.' Bad
- I think that maybe inside any business, there is someone slowly going crazy Any