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
Destiny, Luck, A Good Thing, Treachery
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
- Joseph Heller
Success, Owed, His, Self-Made
When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'
- Joseph Heller
Good, Done, Read, Catch-22
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 was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.
- Joseph Heller
Want, More, Had, Catch-22
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.
- Joseph Heller
Service, Pretty, Discovered, Examined
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
- Joseph Heller
Think, Country, I Think, Scared
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
- Joseph Heller
Want, Bad, Might, Bad Ones
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
- Joseph Heller
Achieve, Some, Mediocre, Thrust
We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.
- Joseph Heller
Give, Most, Take, Dentist
Rise above principle and do what's right.
- Joseph Heller
Rise Above, Principle, Above, Rise
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
Worry, Finger, Joe, Lists
I don't believe in miracles because it's been a long time since we've had any.
- Joseph Heller
Believe, Been, Had, Miracles
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
- Joseph Heller
War, Could, About, Paid
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
- Joseph Heller
Writing, Know, Writer, Trouble
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
- Joseph Heller
Grow, Want, Up, Grow Up
Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
- Joseph Heller
War, Like, Private, Frankly
I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.
- Joseph Heller
War, Like, Private, Altogether
He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.
- Joseph Heller
How, Knew, About, Literature
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
- Joseph Heller
Peace, Civilization, Would, Mean
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.
- Joseph Heller
Going, Side, Which, Enemy
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
- Joseph Heller
Die, Forever, Had, Decided
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