Joseph Heller Quotes

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

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• When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Friends
  • Common
  • Fast

• While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis.

  

  Carl Levin
  • Long
  • Trust
  • Security

• The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings of the Russian leadership, the circle that is close to the Russian political leadership.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Political
  • Leadership

• The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.

  

  S. J. Perelman
  • You
  • Like
  • Personality

• Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Song
  • Words
  • Tears

• If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Why
  • Want
  • Loudest

• I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • People
  • Work
  • Opportunities

• I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Character
  • Think

• Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

  

  Ovid
  • Men
  • Friend
  • Absence

• The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand.

  

  Jack Markell
  • Business
  • Me
  • Hand

• We had to understand things like why the top quark was so heavy and the electron is so light. The Higgs is a big, important step.

  

  Fabiola Gianotti
  • Important
  • Why
  • Light

• I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

  

  Iain Banks
  • Great
  • Nothing
  • Fact

• For me, dance is about the aesthetics and the hard work that goes into creating something so beautiful. Motivation and dedication to the craft is what pushes me to do my best, to always strive to do better, and the outcome is always worth it.

  

  Yuan Yuan Tan
  • Work
  • Beautiful
  • Dance

• A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn't kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Story
  • Three
  • Shots

• My father and his brothers and sisters were childhood Irish jig champions in the Bronx. At our family celebrations, they all get out and do the jig. And of course, the younger generation, me and my cousins and my brothers, we have our own Americanized renditions of the Irish jig, which is a bit more like 'Lord of the Dance.'

  

  Zach McGowan
  • Family
  • Father
  • Dance

• But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Songwriting
  • Line
  • Between

• I am anxious to get as many of these negro regiments as possible, and to have them full, and completely equipped. I am particularly desirous of organizing a regiment of heavy artillery from the negroes, to garrison this place, and shall do so as soon as possible.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant

• My role at Lockheed Martin puts me in contact with extraordinary leaders in many fields - from science and engineering to philanthropy and government. And since we also work closely with our nation's armed forces, we tend to reflect a lot on leadership and how we can inspire successful teamwork, cooperation, and partnerships.

  

  Marillyn Hewson
  • Work
  • Science
  • Leadership

• Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Success

• I've always been self-motivated, but I can't take a ton of credit for any success I've had.

  

  Peter Billingsley
  • Success
  • Motivated

• We have already mentioned what may, perhaps, appear paradoxical to some of our readers, - that the division of labour can be applied with equal success to mental as to mechanical operations, and that it ensures in both the same economy of time.

  

  Charles Babbage
  • Time
  • May
  • Success

• We can overcome evil with greater good.

  

  Laura Bush
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Overcome

• If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this.

  

  Julia Gillard
  • Price
  • Climate Change
  • Carbon

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

  

  Joseph Heller
  • Success
  • Nobody