Author of quotes: Joseph Heller. Page 4

Not so easy to decide what is more boring: to do the boring work yourself, or delegate it to someone else, and to do nothing to do.

Girls under the age of 25, flexible and nice.
After 25 years girls are more flexible, but sad, but it is not so nice.

To run away from difficulties - does not mean to overcome it.

Every victim was a culprit, every culprit a victim, and someone finally needs to rise in all growth and to break this became a habit, a nasty chain that threatens every living soul. No matter how great was the thirst for wealth, no matter how great was the desire of immortality, no one dares to build their prosperity on someone's tears.

- I would probably gladly agreed to live the life of a plant and never make any important decisions.
- What kind of plant you want to be?
- Well, let's say, a cucumber or a carrot.
- Some cucumber - a fresh, green or rotten?
- Fresh, of course.
- As soon as you ripe, you pluck, cut into pieces and make you a salad.
- Well then - the most useless pickle.
- Then you will be left to rot in the garden, you will fertilize the soil, and at this point, it will become a full-fledged cucumbers.
- No, I don't want to have plant life...

The leading scorer of Havermeyer never missed. Yossarian had also been a leading scorer, but he was demoted, because for some time he began to spit, he came to the target or missed. Or he decided to live forever or to die, but if die just while trying to survive. And only combat mission, which he gave himself each time, is to return to earth alive.

Let's not impose on each other their religious views, - kindly offered him. - You do not believe in your God, I will not believe in your. Hands?

Yossarian was cold, too. He was unable to stop shivering throughout the body. Smetena he looked at the grim secret Snowden, which he spilled on the floor, trampled. It was easy to understand what crying inside Snowden. Man is a thing. That was the secret Snowden. Throw a man out the window, and he falls. Kindle under it a fire and it will burn. Bury it and it will rot. Yes, if the soul left the body, the human body is nothing more than a thing. That was the secret Snowden. That's all.

It's a win-win trick - proud thing to be ashamed of - it still has not tripped.

- But then it turns out that there is some kind of trap?
- Of course, a trap, - said Danica. - And it is called "catch twenty-two". "Catch twenty-two" says: "Anyone who tries to evade military duty, is not truly crazy."
Yes, it was a real trap. "Catch twenty-two" explained that taking care of yourself the face of imminent danger is a manifestation of common sense. Orr was crazy and that it can be ground. The only thing he had to do is ask. But as soon as he asks, immediately cease to be considered crazy and forced again to fly missions. Orr is crazy, if he continues to fly. It would be normal if I wanted to stop to fly; but if he is normal, he is obliged to fly. If he flies, so he's crazy and therefore should not fly; but if he doesn't want to fly, he is healthy and obliged to fly.

The enemy is anyone who seeks to kill you, no matter whose side he's on.
(The enemy is whoever wants you dead, regardless of whose side he is fighting.)