Author Novelist War Humor satirist Anything worth dying for ... is certainly worth living for. - Joseph Heller
Government Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller
Government I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals. - Joseph Heller
War But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. - Joseph Heller
Enemy The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. - Joseph Heller
All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. - Anna Quindlen
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. - Francis Bacon
When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal. - Jack Herer