Joseph Heller Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.
-
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
-
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.
-
'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings.
-
I do know that there is no reason for me to drown myself from sorrow since I haven't yet tried to achieve anything great.
-
I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.
-
Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind, though I may suffer, I'll envy it not and endure what comes cause he is all that I got
-
The feeling of losing oneself in somebody's arms, yet at the same time finding oneself there, is irreplaceable. Nothing compares to the intensity of that feeling.
-
When we look at a child, we see that sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of joy in being, is not the result of something else. There is value in just being oneself, it is not because of something one does or doesn't do. It is there in the beginning, when we are children, but slowly it gets lost.
-
On the other hand, with a sense of the sacred, one grows in understanding and
-
I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.
-
People seldom tell the truths that are worth telling. We ought to choose our truths as carefully as we choose our lies and to select our virtues with as much thought as we bestow upon the selection of our enemies.
-
Action for Happiness encourages each of us to live more compassionately and put the happiness of others at the centre of our lives. This is the path to lasting peace and happiness
-
Everybody draws when they are little.
-
Look at nature with science as a lens. The rock swarms, the clod dances; the mineral is but the vegetable stepping down, and the animal an ascending plant; the man, a beast extended; and the angel, a developed human soul.
-
I feel like a lot of artists these days are going out with being a feminist and making it cool, and being outspoken and letting it be mainstream, which is a great thing. I absolutely think it should be mainstream to be a feminist, it should be a no-brainer to speak up about stuff and have a voice.
-
Class I to XII wasn't much help; I was always a mediocre student. But when I pursued higher education and studied economics with theatre or psychology with science fiction, I got a whole new world view.
-
But of course these are scientists. Tell them to leave something alone, and all they want to do is poke it with a stick.
-
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
-
My best ideas almost always come from winding up in unexpected places and stumbling across things I never could have imagined in advance.
-
Only love can keep anyone alive...
-
Be glad you're even alive.' Be furious you're going to die.
