Joseph Heller Quotes

• Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war – for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I’d say we deserve ours more.

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• I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.

  Joseph Heller

• I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.

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• I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.

  Joseph Heller

• 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.

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• He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.

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

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

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• Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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

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  Topics in Success

• Rise above principle and do what’s right.

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• 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.

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  Topics in Luck

  Tags in Injustice

Joseph Heller (32)

Birth:	1st May, 1923
Death:	12th December, 1999
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Novelist, Playwriter, Screenwriter

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