418 Quotes by Joseph Heller

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

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

"That was my first job after graduating (or being graduated from) high school."

"There were many principles in which Clevinger believed passionately. He was crazy."

"Hungry Joe was crazy, and no one knew it better than Yossarian, who did everything he could to help him. Hungry Joe just wouldn’t listen to Yossarian. Hungry Joe just wouldn’t listen because he thought Yossarian was crazy"

"Major Major's father had a good joke about opportunity. "Opportunity only knocks once in this world," he would say. Major Major's father repeated this good joke at every opportunity."

"...You know, one good apple can spoil the rest,” Colonel Korn concluded with conscious irony."

"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"."

"He smiled ostentatiously to show himself reasonable and nice. "I'm not saying that to be cruel and insulting," he continued with cruel and insulting delight."

"Depreciating motels, junked automobiles, and quick-food joints grow like amber waves of grain."