Joseph Heller Quotes - Page 2

General Peckem even recommends that we send our men into combat in full-dress uniform so they'll make a good impression on the enemy when they're shot down".

Homer begged and Rembrandt went bankrupt. Aristotle, who had money for books, his school, and his museum, could not have bought this painting of himself.
Rembrandt could not afford a Rembrandt.

Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great. We are talking of only a painting.

Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family.

Someone had to do something sometime. Every victim was a culprit, every culprit a victim, and somebody had to stand up sometime to try to break the lousy chain of inherited habit that was imperiling them all.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.

Because he needed a friend so desperately, he never found one.