Joseph Heller Quotes, Thoughts and images

The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.

For war there is always enough. It's peace that's expensive.

Rise above principal and do what's right.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

I don't understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.

Insanity is contagious.

There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.

mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.

From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.

Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

All of our religions but the Judaic and the Greek think more of us dead than alive.

They can do anything we can't stop them from doing.

It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.

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.

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 make him out to be.