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One Quotes by Joseph Heller
- 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…
- 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…
- I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
- I don't think the 'what' distinguishes a good novel from a bad one but rather the 'how.'
- 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.
- 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…
- But how can one be warm alone?
- Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of the one on Pianosa. It was a sturdy…
- ¨ Oh, I´m not complaining. I know there´s a war on. I know a lot of people are going to have to suffer for us…
- They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly. No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried. Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian…
- Sure, that's what I mean,' Doc Daneeka said. 'A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what…
- Gold was not sure of many things, but he was definite about one: for every successful person he knew, he could name at least two…
- Yossarian decided to change the subject. "Now you're changing the subject." he pointed out diplomatically. "I'll bet I can name two things to be miserable…
- The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.
- After he made up his mind to spend the rest of the war in the hospital, Yossarian wrote letters to everyone he knew saying that…
- You wouldn’t be normal if you were never afraid. Even the bravest men experience fear. One of the biggest jobs we all face in combat…
- 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…
- Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
- 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?
- He was one of those people with lots of intelligence but no brains
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