[(CNN) --] Everyone in my book accuses everyone else of being crazy, ... Frankly, I think the whole society is nuts -- and the question is: What does a sane man do in an insane society? |
[Catch22] specified that a concern for one's safety . . . was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask, and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. |
A large part of the public sentiment was my own, ... They saw an absurd quality, a mendacious quality in many of our political leaders and business leaders. |
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. |
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. |
Every writer I know has trouble writing. |
Every writer I know has trouble writing. |
Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. |
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt. |
He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it. |
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. |
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. |
I don't believe in miracles because it's been a long time since we've had any. |
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service. |
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service. |