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Joseph Heller Quotes
Joseph Heller Quotes
Joseph Heller
American
Novelist
Born:
May 1
,
1923
Died:
Dec 12
,
1999
About
Books
Get
Had
He
War
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
Joseph Heller
Peace
Earth
Would
Civilization
Know
End
Mean
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.
Joseph Heller
Good
Injustice
Bad Luck
Simple
Luck
Way
Destiny
Bad
Good Thing
Call
Accept
Going
Your
Treachery
Thing
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Joseph Heller
People
Achieve
Some People
Mediocrity
Some
Born
Thrust
Them
Mediocre
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
Joseph Heller
Writing
Trouble
Every
Writer
Know
We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.
Joseph Heller
Laughter
Give
Take
Most
Dentist
Situations
Zeal
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.
Joseph Heller
Service
Myself
Military
Thoroughly
Pretty
Examined
Had
Discovered
Unfit
Military Service
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.
Joseph Heller
You
Enemy
Matter
Side
He
Get
Going
Anybody
Which
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
Joseph Heller
Crazy
Country
Every
Think
At Least One
Scared
Executive
Least
Going
Going Crazy
Who
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
Joseph Heller
Live
Attempt
Had
He
Forever
Die
Decided
When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'
Joseph Heller
Saying
Good
Tempted
Something
Catch-22
Read
Reply
Done
Anything
Who
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 he wanted to worry about.
Joseph Heller
Delay
Worry
Hungry
Collected
Joe
About
Finger
Could
He
Put
Alphabet
Without
Arranged
His
Diseases
Any
Lists
Order
Wanted
Them
Fatal
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
Joseph Heller
Will
Plenty
Administration
Carter
Along
Come
Reagan
Were
Villains
I think Haig will be foolish, but perhaps not quite as foolish as Kissinger was, because Haig doesn't have the education Kissinger had. Haig is a little more dangerous because, I fear, he believes what he says, whereas I never got that impression from Kissinger.
Joseph Heller
Education
Dangerous
Fear
Will
Think
Says
More
Kissinger
Foolish
Never
Had
He
Perhaps
Because
Got
Impression
Quite
Whereas
Little
Believes
I've adjusted to this, that my books are not going to get unanimously good reviews.
Joseph Heller
Good
Books
Adjusted
Unanimously
Reviews
Get
Going
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